Cytisus multiflorus, (L'Her.) Sweet

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 88

6. C. multiflorus (L’Hér.) Sweet , Hort. Brit. 112 (1826)

( Cytisus albus (Lam.) Link , non Hacq., C. lusitanicus Willk. , Genista alba Lam. ).

Erect, much-branched, 100-300 cm; branches flexible, 5-angled; twigs striate, sericeous when young, glabrescent at maturity. Leaves 3-foliolate on lower branches, 1 -foliolate on upper branches; sessile or very shortly petiolate. Leaflets up to 10 mm, linear-lanceolate or oblong, silvery-sericeous. Flowers in profuse fascicles of 1-3; pedicels 10 mm. Calyx 5 mm, sericeo- puberulent. Corolla white; standard 9-12 mm. Legume 15-25 x 5-9 mm, oblong, strongly compressed, appressed-pubescent or hirsute. Woods, heaths and river-banks; calcifuge. • N. W. & C. Spain, N. & C. Portugal. Hs Lu.