Genista acanthoclada, 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 : 100

54. G. acanthoclada DC. , Prodr. 2: 146 (1825).

Erect shrub; older branches with prominent pulvini. Leaflets 5-10 x 1-3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate. Flowers borne singly in the axil of each bract, subopposite, towards the ends of branches. Bracts leaf-like, the uppermost simple. Calyx 2-5-5 mm, sparsely sericeous, the lips almost as long as tube. Standard 6-10 mm, sericeous, shorter than the keel. Greece and Aegean region. Cr Gr. Sect, fasselospartum P. Gibbs . Shrubs with opposite and alternate branches and axillary spines. Leaves simple or 3- foliolate. Standard rhombic, shorter than the keel. Legume ovoid, acuminate. Seeds 1-2.