Genista monspessulana(L.) L.A.S.Johnson

French broom

WFO wfo-0000213342 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h

Genista monspessulana, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. a Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-06-08 / obs. 204416278
Genista monspessulana, photographed by Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández
fig. b Juan Carlos Caicedo Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 193753190
Genista monspessulana, photographed by velodrome
fig. c velodrome, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 202858840
Genista monspessulana, photographed by Ashwin Srinivasan
fig. d Ashwin Srinivasan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 203045440
Genista monspessulana, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. e Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195613132
Genista monspessulana, photographed by Chuck Wilson
fig. f Chuck Wilson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 194217188
Genista monspessulana, photographed by Chuck Wilson
fig. g Chuck Wilson, CC0 1.0 / obs. 200318945
Genista monspessulana, photographed by Jon Sullivan
fig. h Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195614174

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Flowering n = 2,083 observations

Peak flowering in Apr, from 2,083 community-annotated observations worldwide. This is a global aggregate, not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres, and citizen-science records cluster near cities, at weekends, and in spring. Where a species has fewer than 30 annotated records we do not draw this chart at all.

Also published as 36 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Avornela candicans (L.) Raf.
  • Cytisus candicans (L.) DC.
  • Cytisus candicans (L.) Lam.
  • Cytisus candicans var. colmeiroi Willk.
  • Cytisus candicans var. eriocarpus (Kunze) Ceballos & C.Vicioso
  • Cytisus candicans var. kunzeanus (Willk.) Pérez Lara
  • Cytisus candicans var. subspicata (Webb & Berthel.) Pit. & Proust
  • Cytisus candicans var. umbellata Pit. & Proust
  • Cytisus kunzeanus Willk.
  • Cytisus kunzeanus var. tangerinus (Pau) Font Quer
  • Cytisus monspessulanus L.
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. burnatii Briq.
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. cinerascens Briq.
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. colmeiroi (Willk.) Briq.
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. eriocarpus (Kunze) Pau
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. kunzeanus (Willk.) Briq.
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. subspicatus (Webb & Berthel.) Briq.
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. syriacus (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Briq.
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. tangerinus Pau
  • Cytisus monspessulanus var. umbellatus Briq.
  • Cytisus pubescens Moench
  • Cytisus syriacus (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Boiss. & C.I.Blanche
  • Genista candicans L.
  • Genista candicans var. colmeiroi (Willk.) Rouy

and 12 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice, no toxicity claim and no native range, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.