| Scientific Name: | Genista pilosa |
| Common Name: | spreading broom |
| Family Name: | Fabaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, Europe, Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Semi-evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Creeping / Mat-like, Mounded |
| Texture: | Fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Group or mass planting, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Yellow, Apr |
| Fruit: | Legume, Green, Brown, Jun |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Prostrate ground cover with dense, wiry shoots, stems green and ridged; leaves alternate, most elliptic-oblanceolate (may appear linear when margins curl together), 6-11mm long x 2-6mm wide, silver hairs on underside; flowers bright yellow and 'pea-like', ~6mm wide, May-July. | |