Dyer's Broom

Genista tinctoria
Fabaceae

Growth Habit

Dwarf Shrub

Description

Erect or procumbent shrub reaching 3' in height; branches striped, leaves bright green with one leaflet;leaflets mostly elliptic-oblong, to 1" long, ciliate, nearly glabrous. Flowers in many-flowered, leafyracemes panicled at the ends of the branches, borne in summer; fruit narrowly oblong, 6- to 10-seeded.

Source of plant

Companion Plants, Jardins Botaniques Munipaux

USDA Hardiness Zone

5

Special characteristics

other ethnobotanical uses, winter interest