Genista scorpius, (L.) DC.

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 : 98

24. G. scorpius (L.) DC. in Lam. & DC., Fl. Fr. ed. 3, 4: 498 (1805).

Erect, rarely spreading, intricately branched shrub, with stout axillary spines. Leaves 3-11 x 1 -5-2 mm, simple, sparsely hairy beneath, subglabrous above. Flowers borne on short branches arising from the spines, or directly on the spines. Pedicels 2-5 mm. Calyx 3-5 mm, glabrous or nearly so, the lips shorter than the tube. Standard 7-12 mm. Legume 15-40 mm, glabrous. 2« = 40, 48. Spain and S. France. Ga Hs.

G. melia Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 2(9): 2 (1849), described from the Aegean region (Milos), has been collected once only. It is said to differ from 24 in the appressed (not crispate) hairs; the flowers in many-flowered clusters; and the lower lip of the calyx with a long median tooth.