Scientific Name: Argyrocytisus battandieri
Common Name: atlas broom, pineapple broom, Moroccan broom
Family Name: Fabaceae
Origin: Africa
Hardiness Zone: Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Plant Type: Semi-evergreen, Tree - deciduous
Mature Size: 3 - 5m x 4 - 5m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Trifoliate (ternate), Elliptic, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, Yellow, May-Jun
Fruit: Legume, Brown, Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
Leaves silver-gray, densely pubescent, leaflets sessile, ovate-elliptic, 7-19cm long x 3-4cm wide, margins entire, petioles 3-4cm long; florets pea-shaped, in cone-shaped, terminal racemes, pineapple-scented, deep yellow, May-Jun; legumes pubescent, 5-8cm long.