Cytisus ingramii
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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
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'Cytisus ingramii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Genus
Other taxa in genus
- Cytisus albus
- Cytisus ardoinii
- Cytisus austriacus
- Cytisus battandieri
- Cytisus × beanii
- Cytisus × dallimorei
- Cytisus decumbens
- Cytisus demissus
- Cytisus diffusus
- Cytisus emeriflorus
- Cytisus fontanesii
- Cytisus grandiflorus
- Cytisus hirsutus
- 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
A densely branched deciduous shrub up to 7 ft high. Branchlets appressed hairy when young, later glabrous. Leaves sessile or with a very short petiole, trifoliolate near the base of the shoot but entire towards the apex; leaflets about 1 in. long, 1⁄2 to 3⁄4 in. wide, elliptic-oblong to obovate, blade glabrous above, the margins and undersides clad with appressed silky hairs. The large flowers are borne singly in the leaf-axils; calyx campanulate, two-lipped; standard cream-coloured, blotched brown within; wings and keel yellow. Fruit hairy, about 11⁄4 in. long. Bot. Mag., n.s., t. 211.
This attractive broom was discovered by Capt. Collingwood Ingram in 1936 in N. Spain, between Corunna and Oviedo. In describing the species in the Botanical Magazine, Blakelock remarks that it bears some resemblance to C. grandiflorus in its large flowers and sessile leaves but is not (as that species is) a member of the section Sarothamnus; its nearest relative is C. villosus, a species of the W. Mediterranean. It is hardy in all but the severest winters and flowers in June.