Cytisus villosus Pourr.

Spice Flower Flowers2

Family: LEGUMINOSAE

Genus: Cytisus

Sinònims: Genista triflora Rouy

Catalan common name: Ginesta de sureda. Ginesta triflora.

Spanish common name: Escobón negro. Estrellada. Ginesta triflora. Godua peluda. Rubiana peluda.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte. Perennial.

Habitats: Oakforest.

Characteristics: Thickets, holm-oak woods and sparse cork-oak woods on silicic soils. A perennial shrub with branches erect and very pilose. The leaves are trifoliolate and petioles, short; villous on the reverse and glabrescent on the face. The flowers are separate or in groups of 2-4 on the leaf axil. The calyx is bilabiate, with two, not very profound yet dentate labia. The pod (legume) is blackened, oblong, and pilose at the beginning and glabrescent at maturity.