Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of British Columbia
Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)
- upright, taprooted evergreen shrub in the Legume Family growing from 1 to 3 metres in height; stems are ridged, woody, green to brownish-green and prominently 5-angled; upper leaves are simple and unstalked, lower leaves are stalked and comprised of 3 oval leaflets; pea-like flowers are bright yellow (sometimes with red markings in the middle); seedpods are flat, brown to black in colour with fine hairs on the margins
- escaped garden ornamental now naturalized throughout south coastal BC and introduced at a few Interior locales
 |
Flowers mature to form flattened, brown to black hairy seedpods. |
Return to Field Guide to Noxious and Other Selected Weeds of BC
