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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Spartium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/spartium/). Accessed 2022-05-28.

Family

  • Leguminosae

Species in genus

Glossary

calyx
(pl. calyces) Outer whorl of the perianth. Composed of several sepals.
terete
Like a slender tapering cylinder.

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Spartium' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/spartium/). Accessed 2022-05-28.

A genus of a single unarmed species allied to Genista, with terete almost leafless branches and a one-lipped calyx.

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