Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Cytisus villosus Pourr.
Family : LEGUMINOSAE
Genus : Cytisus
Synonyms : 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. Castellón. Gerona. Tarragona. Valencia.
General distribution : Mediterranean
Flowering time : February. March. April. May. June. July.
Life-forms : Nanophanerophyte. Perennial.
Habitat : Brolles i alzinars i suredes clares, sobre substrat silícic.
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.
