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.

be our species champion

  • David Nicholls
    Martinshaw Wood
    05 July 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    07 June 2013
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    24 June 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Groby Pool
    10 May 2008
  • stepgray4
    New Lount Nature Reserve
    27 May 2021
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    15 May 2015
  • David Nicholls
    Groby Pool
    10 May 2008
  • David Nicholls
    Hill Hole Quarry
    02 June 2011
  • David Nicholls
    Fosse Meadows
    05 April 2018

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

MAP KEY:

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

UK Map

  • David Nicholls
    Groby Pool Quarry
    21 April 2012
  • Graham Calow
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    07 June 2013
  • Graham Calow
    Fosse Meadows, Sharnford
    08 October 2007
  • David Nicholls
    Groby Pool
    10 May 2008
  • David Nicholls
    Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
    02 September 2011
  • David Gould
    Wolsey Island, Leicester
    15 May 2015
  • Graham Calow
    B4114 Sapcote
    30 May 2017
  • Graham Calow
    Sapcote
    05 September 2014