Genista maderensis |
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Madeira broom, Madeira dyer's greenweed, Madera broom |
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Habit | Shrubs 1–6 m. Stems densely sericeous, hairs whitish to yellow-brown. |
Leaves | petiolate; stipules persistent, 1.5–6 mm; petiole 5–10 mm; leaflets 3, blades obovate to oblanceolate or elliptic, 5–25 mm, base tapering to cuneate, apex obtuse to rounded, often mucronate, surfaces densely pubescent abaxially, sparsely lanate adaxially. |
Inflorescences | 3–20-flowered, terminal, racemes, 15–70 mm; bracts 1–2.5 mm. |
Pedicels | 2–4 mm. |
Flowers | calyx 4–8 mm, densely sericeous; banner widely ovate, 9–16 mm, glabrous; wings and keel slightly shorter than banner, wings glabrous, keel pubescent abaxially. |
Legumes | narrowly oblong, 20–40 mm, sericeous. |
Seeds | 3–6(–10), olive to brownish or black, orbicular, 2.5–3 mm; hilum red-orange. |
Genista maderensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Aug. |
Habitat | Disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Atlantic Islands (Madeira) [Introduced in North America] |
Discussion | Genista maderensis is known from Butte, El Dorado, Los Angeles, Monterey, and San Mateo counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | Teline maderensis |
Name authority | (Webb & Berthelot) Webb ex Lowe: Man. Fl. Madeira 1: 123. (1862) |
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