Spanish broom spartium junceum12/11/2023 ![]() Should be used with caution since large doses are likely to upset the stomach and cause purging. Attributes: Genus: Spartium Species: junceum Family: Fabaceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Has been used as a potent diuretic.Tags: #showy flowers #deciduous #drought tolerant #shrub #high maintenance #erosion control #aggressive #flowering shrub #perennial See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: It is aggressive due to self-seeding and has been known to escape gardens and naturalize. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: No known insect or disease problems. In late summer, seed pods mature and burst open, often with an audible crack, spreading seed from the parent plant. When the leaves fall away In late spring, summer shoots are covered in profuse fragrant yellow pea-like flowers. It is primarily grown for its bright yellow flowers and cylindrical green stems with flowers appearing in showy racemes. Spanish Broom is typically found in dry areas, open woodlands, disturbed sites, and along roads in the Mediterranean area. It has good drought tolerance as well as a tolerance for seaside exposure and can grow in poor rocky soils where it has been applied as a riverbank cover. Often grown as an ornamental because of its flowers, it is winter hardy and can be grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun. Spanish Broom, is a deciduous, flowering, perennial, shrub, multi-stemmed and sparsely-leaved, growing to 10 feet in height and width. dissertation.Phonetic Spelling SPAR-tee-um JUN-kee-um Description Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. Pacific Northwest Exotic Pest Plant Council, 1998 John Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Survey of TNC Preserves, 1995. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007 Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Californina) This map identifies those states that list this species on their invasive species list or law. Reports made by experts and records obtained from USDA Plants Database. This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level Element Stewardship Abstract - The Nature Conservancy.Identification, Biology, Control and Management Resources Each seed has a basal strophiole (appendage at the hilum). The linear pods are 5-10 cm long, more or less strigose, compressed, and many seeded. The stamens are monadelphous (united by their filaments forming a tube around the gynoecium). This may be contrasted with the two-lipped calyx of Cytisus monspessulanus. The calyx is split above, hence one-lipped, with 5 minute teeth. The banner and keel are longer than the wings, and the keel is pubescent along its lower edge. The fragrant yellow flowers are borne in loose terminal racemes, unlike those of Cytisus scoparius which are usually solitary in the axils. The oblance-oblong or narrower leaves are 1-3 cm long. The alternate leaves are simple, entire and more or less strigose, having short petioles. The shrub is virgately branched and contains no spines, unlike gorse ( Ulex europaeus). Spartium junceum is a perennial shrub, up to 3 m high, with long, slender, leafless or few-leaved, green, rushlike branchlets. General Description:The following description of Spartium junceum is adapted from Munz and Keck (1973). Dry summer plants create a severe fire hazard. Like other broom species, it offers strong competition to other plants and contributes to increased maintenance costs on lands where it becomes established. junceum is adapted to dryer sites where its lack of leaves and thick waxy stems resist dessication. Fruit Seeds can remain viable in soil for more than 80 years. Flowers The fragrant yellow flowers are borne in loose terminal racemes, unlike those of Cytisus scoparius which are usually solitary in the axils. Foliage Spanish broom has long, slender, leafless or few-leaved, green branches. Native Range: Meditteranean region & Canary Islands ( REHD) Īppearance Spartium junceum is a perennial shrub, that can grow up to 9.8 ft. ![]() ![]() Taxonomic Rank: Magnoliopsida: Fabales: Fabaceae Jump to: Resources | Images | Distribution Maps | Sources ![]()
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