Genista fasselata, Decne

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

55. G. fasselata Decne , Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2 (Bot.), 4: 360 (1835)

(G. sphacelata Spach). Shrub up to 150 cm; pulvini obscure and scale-like. Leaflets 3-1 5x1-3 mm, narrowly oblanceolate, sericeous. Flowers borne singly or in lax clusters in the axil of each bract, on spines or unarmed branches. Bracts leaflike; bracteoles minute. Calyx 4-5 mm, glabrous, the lips about i as long as tube. Standard 6-7 mm, glabrous. 5. Aegean region (Karpathos, Kasos). Cr. (£. Mediterranean region.) Sect, cephalospartum Spach . Unarmed shrubs with opposite and alternate branches. Leaves simple or 3-foliolate. Standard ovate, equalling or shorter than the keel. Legume oblong or ovoid-acuminate.