Broom - Cytisus scoparius
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 NichollsMartinshaw Wood05 July 2012
Graham CalowUllesthorpe Stewardship Farm07 June 2013
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester24 June 2015
David NichollsGroby Pool10 May 2008
stepgray4New Lount Nature Reserve27 May 2021
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester15 May 2015
David NichollsGroby Pool10 May 2008
David NichollsHill Hole Quarry02 June 2011
David NichollsFosse Meadows05 April 2018
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David NichollsGroby Pool Quarry21 April 2012
Graham CalowUllesthorpe Stewardship Farm07 June 2013 Fosse Meadows Sharnford SP48859125 (taken 8.10.2007).JPG)
Graham CalowFosse Meadows, Sharnford08 October 2007
David NichollsGroby Pool10 May 2008
David NichollsUllesthorpe Stewardship Farm02 September 2011
David GouldWolsey Island, Leicester15 May 2015
Graham CalowB4114 Sapcote30 May 2017
Graham CalowSapcote05 September 2014
 Fosse Meadows Sharnford SP48859125 (taken 8.10.2007).JPG)
