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Botanical details
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Native to the UK
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Genus
Genista
- Genus description
Genista are deciduous, sometimes spiny, shrubs or small trees with small, simple or trifoliate leaves and solitary, racemose or clustered, pea-like yellow flowers which are sometimes fragrant
- Name status
Correct
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