zetaya.blogg.se - Broom plant photos

It spreads by seeds which are flung up to 10 feet out of the seed pods. Broom has either wholly yellow or yellow with red flowers. Whereas Broom has five-sided fluted stems, Spanish Broom has ten, and this is the main difference between them. Like a great many other things, Broom was also added to beer as the bitter component instead of Hops, and the ground seeds once used as a 'coffee', although it must have caused some distress because of the constituent poisonous alkaloids. Broom twigs have been used in basket-weaving. The wood of Broom was once highly acclaimed for use in furniture as a veneer. It has also been used as a source of fibre and can be made into both paper and cloth. īroom, gathered in bunches, was once used to sweep the floor, hence the name of 'broom' for this kind of brush. No relation to : Broomrapes such as Common Broomrape ( Orobanche minor) nor to Butcher's Broom ( Ruscus aculeatus). Not to be confused with: Brome - a grass of which there are many species, such as Barren Brome ( Anisantha sterilis). scoparius since they are not prostrate.ĭistinguishing Feature : a shrub with thin fluted 5-angled stems, and yellow or yellow & orange, red or purple pea-type flowers. scoparius), which is much more widespread than Prostrate Broom.

maritimus) which is a low-lying plant that often grows near the sea, but that is restricted to the far west coasts of Wales and Devon & Cornwall and is a rare(ish)

Prostrate Broom ( Cytisus Scoparius ssp.

Not to be confused with : Spanish Broom ( Spartium junceum) , Showing how they join to the stem, which also looks normal. The 'knobs' are where the leaves and flowers and then pods once were before they fell off.Īs do the small leaves. The tiny leaflets here can be compared to the more mature leaflets at the top of this photo. The square, ridged, stems which look a little like steel girders - the side ribs give it more strength to resist bending forces. The leaves are in triplets close to the five-sided fluted stem. However, many other Brooms like this were growing in the same area. It is surrounded by the non-native Shasta Daisy ( Leucanthemum × superbum), which is perhaps another reason to doubt that this specimen is native. Perhaps atypical in stance and perhaps even a cultivated form(?), but conforming to form in that most flowers have turned to seed pods before Midsummers Day, (which, as everyone should know is on the 24th June, and certainly not on the 21st or sometimes the 22nd June which is the Summer Solstice). The hairs are mostly on the edges rather than the sides of the pod.ĥth Aug 2008, Woodvale Woods, Ainsdale, Lancs. The green hairy pod with four obvious seeds within. The seed pods of the above colony look typical for the native Broom.Ģ9th June 2009, Nob End, Ringley, Gtr M/cr.

The seed pods here have various numbers of seeds within from maybe just 5 to over 12.Ģ3rd June 2015, waste ground, Moore, Warrington, Lancs. The seed-pods are flat and hairy, and contain many seeds in rows just like (flat) peas in a pod.ģ0th June 2016, The Sand-Heath, Freshfield, Sefton Coast. The green seed-pods grow with remnants of stigma still attached at the end.

Some remains of the flowers still visible at each end of the developing pods. Pronounced red splotches on the wings look like they have been air-brushed on.ĩth June 2009, Blackleach Resr, Gtr M/cr. The pea-type flowers are bi-symmetric with long stamens and anthers with yellow pollen.įlowers either wholly yellow, or with red splotches. The twigs have flowers in pairs emerging from a triplet of leaves along the stems. Hawkweed in background.Ĩth May 2009, Coppermines Valley, Coniston, Cumbria. A mass of narrow branched twigs with small leaves close to the stems.

scoparius)ġ2th June 2009, Greenside Mines, Glenridding, Cumbria.ġ1th June 2010, Greenside Mines, Glenridding, Cumbria.Ī shrub up to 2 metres tall, with yellow flowers (sometimes yellow with red).Ī young plant by moss. BROOM Cytisus scoparius Pea Family īROOM ( Cytisus Scoparius ssp.