Genista radiata, (L.) Scop.

44. G. radiata (L.) Scop. View in CoL , FI. Cam. ed. 2,2: 51 (1772)

( Cytisanthus radiatus (L.) O.F. Lang ).

Erect shrub with opposite branches at almost every node. Leaves 3-foliolate, opposite; leaflets 5-20 x 2-4 mm, oblanceolate, sericeous beneath, subglabrous above. Flowers subopposite and subsessile in terminal clusters of 4-12. Lowermost flowers with simple, usually shortly 3-fid, scarious bracts much shorter than the flowers; bracteoles 1-3 mm. Calyx 4-6 mm, the lips about as long as the tube. Standard 8-14 mm, broadly ovate, as long as or slightly shorter than the keel, glabrous or with a median ridge of sericeous hairs. Calcicole. • S. Alps extending to E. Switzerland, C. Italy and W. Jugoslavia, and very locally to S. W. Romania and C. Greece. Al Au Ga Gr He It Ju Rm.