Chamaecytisus spinescens
Chamaecytisus spinescens, commonly called spiny broom, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is native to Southern Europe with the exclusion of Spain and Portugal, ranging from Central and South Italy to the West and South Balkan Peninsula along with the island of Crete.
Taxonomy
The species was first described by Carl Borivoj Presl in 1826 as Cytisus spinescens and was transferred to the genus Chamaecytisus by Werner Rothmaler in 1944 under its current binomial name.Subtaxa
The following subspecies are accepted:• Chamaecytisus spinescens subsp. spinescens
• Chamaecytisus spinescens subsp. creticus K.I.Chr.