Calicotome infestaCalicotome infesta is a species of shrubby flowering plant in the genus Calicotome, which is part of the Fabaceae family. It is native to Spain, Italy and countries of the Northwest Balkan Peninsula.TaxonomyThe species was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1822 as Spartium infestum. It was later transferred to the genus Calicotome by Giovanni Gussone in 1844 under its current binomial name.