Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Chamaecytisus austriacus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
A species closely related to C. supinus, from which it differs in having the hairs of the stems, leaves and pods appressed; it is of more restricted range, occurring from Czechoslovakia and Hungary eastward to the Caucasus, while C. supinus extends westward as far as the Atlantic. It is usually represented in gardens by the following variety, which differs from the type in little but its more slender stems and narrower leaflets: