Chamaecytisus cassius

Chamaecytisus cassius is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It it native to South Turkey and the territories of Lebanon and Syria.

Description

Shrub, typically 6-10 feet tall, leaves trifoliate. Seed pods begin appearing in June.

Taxonomy

Chamaecytisus cassius was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1849 as Cytisus cassius, but has since been transferred to the genus Chamaecytisus by German botanist Werner Rothmaler in 1944 and published under its current binomial name.