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Charles V and his son Charles VI of France used the pod of the broom plant (broom-cod, or cosse de geneste) as an emblem for livery collars and badges. [ 15 ] Genista tinctoria ( dyer's broom , also known as dyer's greenweed or dyer's greenwood ), provides a useful yellow dye and was grown commercially for this purpose in parts of Britain into ...
Cytisus scoparius (syn. Sarothamnus scoparius), the common broom or Scotch broom, is a deciduous leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe. [2] In Great Britain and Ireland, the standard name is broom; [3] [4] [5] this name is also used for other members of the Genisteae tribe, such as French broom or Spanish broom; and the term common broom is sometimes used for clarification.
Cytisus hirsutus reaches on average 30–40 centimetres (12–16 in) of height, with a maximum height of about 100 centimetres (39 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).
Genista / dʒ ɛ ˈ n ɪ s t ə / [2] is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae, native to open habitats such as moorland and pasture in Europe and western Asia. They include species commonly called broom, though the term may also refer to other genera, including Cytisus and Chamaecytisus.
Cytisus × praecox, the Warminster broom, is an artificial hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. [2] Its parents are Cytisus multiflorus (the white Spanish broom) and Cytisus oromediterraneus (the Pyrenean broom). [1] A deciduous shrub, it is available from commercial suppliers. [2]
Cocculus hirsutus is a tropical flowering plant with the common name broom creeper or Patalgarudi (Sanskrit). It is native to South Asia, Southeast Asia, parts of East Asia, West Asia and tropical Africa. [2] [1] It is a vine climbing up to 3 metres (9.8 ft), with white to yellowish flowers and dark purple fruits 4 to 8 mm in diameter. [3] [4]
Acmispon glaber (previously Lotus scoparius) (common deerweed, deer weed, deervetch, California broom or western bird's-foot trefoil) is a perennial subshrub in the family Fabaceae (pea family). [1] The plant is a pioneer species found in dry areas of California , Arizona , and Mexico .
Genista stenopetala, the sweet broom, Easter broom or leafy broom (syn. Genista spachiana, Cytisus spachianus), is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Canary Islands, on La Palma and Tenerife. It is an evergreen shrub growing to 3 metres (9.8 ft) tall. The leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets 1–3 ...