Cytisus multiflorus

Paraparaumu.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/10/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Paraparaumu.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 08/10/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

white broom

Family

Fabaceae

Authority

Cytisus multiflorus (L’Hér.) Sweet

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Conservation status

Not applicable

Flower colours

White

Year naturalised

1899

Origin

Spain, Portugal

Etymology

cytisus: From the Greek kytisos ‘trefoil’, referring to the shape of the leaves of many species