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Spartium junceum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Salou, Tarragona, Costa Dorada, Spain; 5/2004 © Jörn Germer

Spartium junceum - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Otero de Sanabria, Zamora, Spain; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Spartium junceum - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Otero de Sanabria, Zamora, Spain; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Spartium junceum - Flowering branches - Click to enlarge!

Flowering branches; Salou, Tarragona, Costa Dorada, Spain; 5/2004 © Jörn Germer

Spartium junceum - Pod, opened - Click to enlarge!

Pod, opened; Otero de Sanabria, Zamora, Spain; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Spartium junceum - Leaves - Click to enlarge!

Leaves; Salou, Tarragona, Costa Dorada, Spain; 5/2004 © Jörn Germer

Spartium junceum - Infructescence - Click to enlarge!

Infructescence; Otero de Sanabria, Zamora, Spain; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Spartium junceum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Otero de Sanabria, Zamora, Spain; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 508
Date of entry: 10.04.2007
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Spanish broom

German: Pfriemenginster, Spanischer Ginster

Portuguese: Giesteira-de-Espanha

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Spartium (1)

            Epithet: junceum L. (2)

junceum => Juncus-like

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow

External links

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