Chamaecytisus hirsutus, common name:
Clustered Broom or
Hairy Broom, is a perennial plant belonging to the genus
ChamaecytisusChamaecytisus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. It may be synonymous with Cytisus.C. palmensis is a tree from the Canary Islands, used as a fodder crop around the world....
of the
FabaceaeThe Fabaceae or Leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, is a large and economically important family of flowering plants. The group is the third largest land plant family, behind only the Orchidaceae and Asteraceae, with 730 genera and over 19,400 species...
family.
Description
Chamaecytisus hirsutus reaches on average 30–40 cm (11.8–15.7 ) of height, with a maximun height of about 100 centimetres (39.4 in). The stem is more or less ascendent, woody in the lower part, branched, with ascending annual and herbaceous branches (
suffruticose) with hairs 3 millimeters long (hence the Latin name
hirsutus of this species, meaning
hairy). The small deciduous leaves are trifoliate, ovate to elliptic, hairy on both sides, 18–25 mm (0.708661417322835–0.984251968503937 ) long, with a petiole. The flowers are initially orange-yellow, then tend to be colored with reddish-brown. The flowering period extends from April through June. Its legumes (seed pods) are 25–40 mm (0.984251968503937–1.6 ) long, very hairy and mature in late Summer.
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Distribution
This plant occurs in Turkey, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland, Albania, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania and France.
Habitat
These plants can be found on calcareous and arid environments, such as dry meadows and slopes at the edge of the woods. The are typically found at an altitude of 0–1500 m (0–4,921.3 ).
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