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Genista monosperma
Genista monosperma
Bridal Veil Broom
Photographer: J. E.(Jed) and Bonnie McClellan
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 1351 3151 0543 0109 (2005-08-19)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Mar 17, 1969
  • latitude 35.65694   longitude -121.18722   max error distance 1943 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   San Simeon, Hearst Ranch (San Luis Obispo County, California, US)
  • family Fabaceae
  • CalAcademy slide #   T 104,489
  • photo category: Plant - shrub

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS PLANT
  • common names   Bridal Veil Broom (Jepson eFlora/Martin F. Wojciechowski )
  • Look for Jepson Manual treatments, maps (University & Jepson Herbaria)
  • View Calflora record for Genista monosperma
  • View all photos in CalPhotos of Genista monosperma
  • Check Google Images for Genista monosperma


  • Reviewers' comments about this photo (review or add another comment)
    1. Reviewed by Andrea Williams    Oct 4, 2007

    Action: changed name from "Genista monspessulana" to "Cytisus multiflorus "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Based on white flower, lightly angled stem, and lack of leaves."

    2. Reviewed by Andy Jones    Dec 2, 2019

    Action: changed name from "Cytisus multiflorus" to "Genista monosperma "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "The stem is not 5-angled. The banner is not visibly dark-lined in its lower center.
    The corolla is silky.

    Jepson eFlora key for Cytisus multiflorus: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=22197

    Jepson eFlora key to Genista monosperma: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=81710 - Note: this key disagrees with the key that I posted below in that the corolla must be mostly glabrous.

    I found a key for Genista monosperma:
    https://www.cal-ipc.org/resources/library/publications/ipcw/report68/
    Fabaceae. Tall ornamental woody shrub, to 10 ft (3 m) or more. Stems: unarmed, deciduous, slender grayish branches, nearly leafless; multi-stemmed, with branch diameters to 6 in (15 cm). Leaves: small, simple or rarely trifoliate, blades generally linear or linear-spatulate, silky. Inflorescence: flowers in short lateral racemes. Flowers: papilionaceous, white, fragrant; corolla silky, 0.4-0.6 in (10-17 mm); calyx 2-lipped 0.12-0.2 in (3-5 mm), with upper lip deeply 2-parted; style incurved, purple; keel cuspidate. Fruit: a legume; pod broadly oval, 1-2 seeded, dehiscent (Bailey 1933, Tutin et al. 1980).

    Genista monosperma:
    - See page 43 - https://www.sandag.org/uploads/meetingid/meetingid_4936_24560.pdf
    - https://www.occnps.org/invasives/watch-list-species.html
    - https://plantright.org/invasive/genista-monosperma/


    Cytisus multiflorus:
    https://www.cal-ipc.org/plants/risk/cytisus-multiflorus-risk/"

     
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