Genista januensis, Viv.

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 : 96

2. G. januensis Viv. , Elench. Pl. Horti Bot. 19 (1802)

(G. triangularis Willd., G. lydia var. spathulata (Spach) Hayek).

Procumbent to erect shrub 10-50 cm; stems and branches usually 3- winged. Leaves of the flowering-branches 5 -1 2x 2-4 mm, elliptical to obovate; leaves of the non-flowering branches 5-40 x 3-7 mm, elliptical to lanceolate; all leaves glabrous, with a narrow, hyaline, obscurely denticulate margin. Flowers in short racemes on ascending lateral branches. Calyx 3-5-4 mm, subglabrous, the lips shorter than the tube. Standard 9-10 mm, broadly ovate. Calcicole. Balkan peninsula and Italy, extending northwards to Slovenija and W. Romania. Al Bu G r It Ju Rm.