Taxon: Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA*, HI*°, ID*, MT°, OR(except sterile cultivars)*, WA*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Link to species profile at

Common names:

• broom   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• broomtops   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• common broom   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• English broom   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• European broom   (Source: Pl Book ) – English
  
• Irish broom   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Scotch broom   (Source: Zander ed17 [but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland]) – English
  
• Scottish broom   (Source: Zander ed17 ) – English
  
• Skotse brem   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
  
• jin que hua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• genêt à balais   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• Besenginster   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• amaracciole   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• emero scornabecco   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• ginestra dei carbonai   (Source: Mult Glossary Trees ) – Italian
  
• giesta   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  
• har-ris   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: erosion control   (fide Invasive Pl Spec)
  
• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed13)
  
• Medicines: source of sparteine   (fide Import Medicinal Pl; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Pammel; BernhardSmith; Der Marderosian; Cooper & Johnson ed2, as Sarothamnus scoparius; Everist, as Sarothamnus scoparius)
  
• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Rep NCEPPC; Econ Pl Aust; Invasive Pl Spec; Weeds SAfr 2001)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Cytisus scoparius from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Norway; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Lithuania; Moldova [n.]; Ukraine [w.]
  Southeastern Europe: Former Yugoslavia; Italy; Romania
  Southwestern Europe: France; Portugal; Spain

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
  Southern Africa: South Africa
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: India
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• BernhardSmith, A. 1923. Poisonous plants of all countries, 2nd ed. [poisonous].
• Bisby, F. A. & K. W. Nicholls. 1977. Effects of varying character definitions on classification of Genisteae (Leguminosae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 74:114.
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Campbell, F. T., ed. 1995. Report of National Coalition of Exotic Plant Pest Councils. (unpublished draft)
• Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In: Luken, J. O. & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. 255–267.
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti. 1988. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics. [poisonous].
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage.
• Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
• Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988)
• Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12.
• Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Jordanov, D. et al., eds. 1963–1982. Flora na narodna republika Balgarija. [= Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) Wimm. ex W. D. J. Koch].
• Jovanovic, S. 1970–1977. Flora SR Srbije.
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. [= Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) Wimm. ex W. D. J. Koch].
• Kumar, S & P. V. Sane. 2003. Legumes of South Asia: a checklist.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Meyer, F. G. et al. 1994. A catalog of cultivated woody plants of the southeastern United States.
• National Herbarium of New South Wales. 1961–1984. Flora of New South Wales. [natzd.].
• Pammel, L. H. 1911. Manual of poisonous plants. [poisonous].
• Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. 1992. Noxious weeds of Australia.
• Peterson, D. J. & R. Prasad. 1998. The biology of Canadian weeds. 109. Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 78:497–504.
• Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia.
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants.
• Sanjappa, M. 1992. Legumes of India.
• Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Smythies, B. E. 1984–1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (on-line resource).
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zhu, X. Y. et al. 2007. Legumes of China: a checklist.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Cytisus scoparius.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Cytisus scoparius.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Cytisus scoparius.

Synonyms:

• (=) Cytisus scoparius subsp. andreanus (Puiss.) Dippel
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cytisus scoparius var. andreanus (Puiss.) Dippel
  (previously associated with 18 accessions)
• (=) Cytisus scoparius var. prostratus (C. Bailey) F. Hanb. ex A. K. Jacks.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Cytisus scoparius f. sulphureus (Goldring) Rehder
  
• (=) Cytisus scoparius var. sulphureus Goldring
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Genista andreana Puiss.
  
• (≡) Genista scoparia (L.) Lam.
  
• (≡) Sarothamnus scoparius (L.) Wimm. ex W. D. J. Koch
  
• (=) Sarothamnus scoparius var. prostratus C. Bailey
  
• (≡) Sarothamnus vulgaris Wimm.
  
• (=) Spartium scoparium L.
  

Check other web resources for Cytisus scoparius (L.) Link:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: World Database of Legumes
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Cytisus scoparius cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images or nodulation data:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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