PEA FAMILY
Spartium junceum(SPANISH BROOM)
(Katırtırnağı, Borcak) (Pfriemenginster)
Leguminosae (Fabaceae)
Deciduous shrubs, up to 3 m. Stem erect, much branched, rush-like. Leaves simple, alternate, sparse, linear-oblong. Flowers, alternate in lax raceme. Sepals irregularly split or entire. Petals free, large, bright yellow. Fruit a laterally compressed legume, up to 8,5 cm, glabrous. Potential ornamental. Fl. April-July. In macchie an sea cliff, s.l.
Türkiye, S. Europe, Crimea, W. Syria, N. Africa.
