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Spartium junceum (Spanish Broom) |
Spartium junceum (FABACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Spartium junceumL.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 708 (1753) |
Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : |
Fabaceae
Lindl. (=Leguminosae) (The Pea Family)
106 species from the Fabaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Spanish Broom, Weaver's Broom |
Maltese name(s) : |
Ġenista safra |
Status for Malta : |
Indigenous. Present on the Maltese islands before man |
Frequency : |
Very Common Common Frequent Scarce Rare Very rare Extinct |
Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: Nano-Phanerophyte ( small trees to large shrubs, usually <5 m )
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon |
Legal Protection : |
Protected by law: Schedule II of [S.L. 549.123] (Trees protected in selected areas) |
Red List (1989) : |
Threatened status for the Maltese Islands and has been listed in the Red Data Book (1st ed.) |
Flowering Time : |
April – May |
Colour of Flowers: |
Yellow |
Name Derivation : |
Spartium:
junceum:
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Description, Habitat and Distribution | |
Habitat in Europe: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. | |
Botanical Description: |
Up to 3 m (or more in cultivation). Branches cylindrical, striate, medullated, flexible, glaucous-green, glabrous. Leaves 10-30 x 2-5 mm, sparse, oblong-linear to lanceolate, glabrous above, appressed-sericeous beneath, subsessile, caducous. Flowers showy, sweet-scented, borne singly; pedicels with a small caducous bract at the base and two bracteoles at the apex. Corolla 20-25 mm. Legume flat, sericeous, becoming glabrous. Seeds 10-18. | |
Distributional range: |
Mediterranean region and S.W. Europe. |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018): |
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Albania, the Azores, the Balaeric Islands, Corse, Crete, France (incl. Monaco and Channel Islands but excluding Corse), Greece, Spain (incl. Andorra but excl. the Balaerics), Italy (excl. Sicily and Sardignia), ex-Jugoslavia, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and/or Malta, Turkey (European part), Introduced in Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and former USSR |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(from Euro+Med Checklist, 2019)
Country codes
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Ab(A) Ag Al Az Bl Ca Co Cr Ga(F) Gr Hs(S) Ir It Ju Le Lu Ma Sa Si(M S) Sy Tn Tu(A E) [Ar Br Bu Es Gg(A G) Rf(CS) Rm Uk(K U)] |
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Atlas Flora Europaea
GBIF Distribution map
