Broom - Cytisus scoparius

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    Description

    Much branched erect shrub to 2 metres with angled slender green branches and no spines. Flowers golden yellow 16 to 18 mm in leafy spikes and scented. Seed pod 25 to 40 mm black when ripe.

    Identification difficulty
    Habitat

    Dry sunny habitats, usually at low altitude.

    When to see it

    April to June.

    Life History

    Deciduous.

    UK Status

    Quite common nationally.

    VC55 Status

    Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 124 of the 617 tetrads.

    • David Nicholls
      Martinshaw Wood
      05 July 2012
    • Graham Calow
      Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
      07 June 2013
    • Graham Calow
      Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
      07 June 2013
    • David Nicholls
      Groby Pool
      10 May 2008
    • David Nicholls
      Groby Pool Quarry
      21 April 2012
    • David Gould
      Wolsey Island, Leicester
      15 May 2015
    • David Nicholls
      Groby Pool
      10 May 2008
    • David Nicholls
      Hill Hole Quarry
      02 June 2011

    Leicestershire & Rutland Map

    MAP KEY:

    Yellow squares = NBN records (all known data)
    Coloured circles = NatureSpot records: 2020+ | 2015-2019 | pre-2015

    UK Map

    • Graham Calow
      Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
      08 October 2007
    • David Nicholls
      Groby Pool
      10 May 2008
    • David Nicholls
      Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
      02 September 2011