Chamaecytisus pygmaeus
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Synonyms
- Cytisus pygmaeus Willd.
A low, spreading shrub, ultimately a yard or so wide, but no more than about 6 in. high. This is the main distinction between it and C. austriacus, which (like C. heuffellii, syn. C. austriacus var. heufellii) has erect branches. The leaflets are smaller, and the flowers up to five in a cluster. It is a native of the eastern Balkans and Anatolia, in cultivation from seeds collected in the latter area by Cheese, Mitchell and Watson in 1967 (Bull. Alp. Gard. Soc., Vol. 42 (1974), p. 274, ill. p. 272).