Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Spartium juncium
Common name
Spanish broom
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Usually found close to urban areas and near old farm houses. Roadsides and other disturbed sites, disturbed bushland, grassy areas, rocky areas, and near streams. Canberra. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced shrub to 5 m tall. Stems hairless, glaucous-green, cylindrical, finely ribbed, somewhat fleshy. Leaves alternating up the stems, lost after a few months, 1-4 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, hairless above, paler and silky below, margins entire; tips rounded. Flowers fragrant, 20-30 mm long, pea shaped, with 5 yellow petals, 2 joined together to form the keel, in clusters of 5-15. Flowers Spring to Summer. Seeds and leaves poisonous.
General Biosecurity Duty all NSW. General Biosecurity Duty with additional restrictions in the Greater Sydney and South East areas, NSW. Pest plant ACT.
VICFLORA description: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/3fc1af9d-6328-4b51-9f95-caa7a0968ba6 (accessed 30 January 2021)
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