Cytisus fontanesii
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Cytisus fontanesii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Chronanthus biflorus (Desf.) Frodin & Heywood
Other taxa in genus
- Cytisus albus
- Cytisus ardoinii
- Cytisus austriacus
- Cytisus × beanii
- Cytisus × dallimorei
- Cytisus decumbens
- Cytisus demissus
- Cytisus diffusus
- Cytisus emeriflorus
- Cytisus grandiflorus
- Cytisus hirsutus
- Cytisus ingramii
- Cytisus × kewensis
- Cytisus monspessulanus
- Cytisus multiflorus
- Cytisus nigricans
- Cytisus palmensis
- Cytisus × praecox
- Cytisus procumbens
- Cytisus proliferus
- Cytisus purgans
- Cytisus purpureus
- Cytisus racemosus
- Cytisus ratisbonensis
- Cytisus rochelii
- Cytisus scoparius
- Cytisus sessilifolius
- Cytisus × spachianus
- Cytisus supinus
- Cytisus supranubius
- Cytisus tommasinii
- Cytisus × versicolor
An erect deciduous shrub 1 to 2 ft high, stems angled, glabrous, sometimes sparse and lanky or sometimes sturdy and crowded, internodes often 3⁄4 to 11⁄4 in. apart. Leaves trifoliolate; leaflets linear, mostly 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. long, 1⁄16 in. or less wide, hairy, main-stalk very short. Flowers yellow, usually two to four at the tips of the shoots, shortly stalked; corolla 1⁄2 in. long, standard glabrous; calyx 1⁄8 in. long, membranous. Pod 3⁄8 in. to 3⁄4 in. long; glabrous. Flowers in May.
Native of Spain, usually in calcareous districts. It is a curious shrub with very meagre foliage, giving the shoots a spartium-like appearance. It varies much in regard to pubescence: the type is regarded as quite or nearly glabrous, but in var. plumosus Boiss. most of the parts are very noticeably hairy. It appears also to be the more attractive.