Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Genista monspessulana
Common name
Montpellier broom, Spanish broom
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Forest margins, woodland, grassy areas, roadsides, disturbed sites, and along streams. Widespread, mainly ACT and north of Moss Vale - coast, ranges, and Southern Highlands.
Notes
Introduced shrub to 3 m tall. Stems ridged, hairy, becoming hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, compound, with 3 leaflets, each 0.5-3 cm long, 2-15 mm wide, sparsely appressed-hairy, often becoming hairless above, tips mucronate. Flowers yellow, mostly 8-13 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, in clusters of 3-7 flowers, continuing down the stem. Flowers Winter to Summer.
A Weed of National Significance. General Biosecurity Duty with additional restrictions all NSW. Pest plant ACT. Noxious weed Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Genista~monspessulana (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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