Cytisus malacitanus, Boiss .

15. C. malacitanus Boiss. View in CoL , Elenchus 32 (1838)

( Sarothamnus malacitanus (Boiss.) Boiss. ; incl. Sarothamnus rotundatus Pau ).

Erect, much-branched, 100-500 cm. Branches and twigs terete, slender, slightly striate, attenuate and recurved at the apex; young twigs pubescent. Leaves all 3-foliolate or those on the upper branches and young branchlets 1 -foliolate; all leaves petiolate, the petiole longer than the leaflets; leaflets oblonglinear to ovate-elliptical, glabrous, or pubescent and later glabrous above, sericeous beneath. Flowers solitary or in clusters of 2-3; pedicels longer than calyx, sericeous or pubescent, with 2 or 3 bracteoles. Calyx sericeous to glabrous. Corolla yellow; standard 14-16 mm. Legume 25-40 mm, ovate-oblong to linear, compressed, straight or arcuate, laxly sericeous or with sparse, long, white hairs when young, often glabrescent. Spain, S. France, S. Portugal. Ga Hs Lu.