| Scientific Name: | Cytisus scoparius |
| Common Name: | Scotch broom |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen, Invasive plant, Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Erosion control, Medicinal plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Trifoliate (ternate), Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Legume, Black, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Invasive weed; stems evergreen, angular; leaves alternate, trifoliate, leaflets oblanceolate, 1-2cm long x 4-8mm wide, pubescent, margin entire; flowers bright yellow, laterally symmetrical, very abundant in May-June; legumes 4-8cm long x 8-11mm wide, flattened, long white hairs when immature, maturing purplish-black. Winter ID: stems evergreen; trunk solitary, woody. | |