View source for Spartium ← Spartium You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Spartium |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 708. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Spanish broom |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae;Spartium |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Spartium]]</div></div> |etymology=Greek sparton, cordage, probably alluding to ancient use for making rope and brooms |volume=Volume 11 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or trees, unarmed. <b>Stems</b> evergreen, erect, rushlike, glabrous. <b>Leaves</b> alternate to subopposite, unifoliolate or obsolescent; stipules present; petiolate; blade margins entire, surfaces appressed-hairy abaxially, glabrous adaxially. <b>Inflorescences</b> 5–20-flowered, terminal, racemes; bracts and bracteoles present. <b>Flowers</b> papilionaceous, showy, pedicellate; calyx campanulate, lobes 5; corolla yellow; stamens 10, monadelphous; anthers dimorphic, 9 basifixed, 1 dorsifixed; style incurved, indument dense, silky proximally. <b>Fruits</b> legumes, sessile, flattened, linear-oblong, dehiscent, sericeous or glabrous. <b>Seeds</b> 6–18, transversely oblong. <b>x</b> = 12.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=s Europe;sw Asia;nw Africa;introduced also in South America;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Australia. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species 1.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Spartium |author=Debra K. Trock |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Fabaceae |distribution=s Europe;sw Asia;nw Africa;introduced also in South America;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);Australia. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V11/V11_542.xml |subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae |genus=Spartium }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Fabaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Spartium.