Spartium L.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Spartium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/spartium/). Accessed 2026-04-17.

calyx: (pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
terete: Like a slender tapering cylinder.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Spartium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/spartium/). Accessed 2026-04-17.

Spartium junceum in magnificent full flower (Chelsea Physic Garden, June 2010). Image John Grimshaw.

A genus of a single unarmed species allied to Genista, with terete almost leafless branches and a one-lipped calyx.

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