| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Genista sericea Wulfen trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Collectanea [N.J.von Jacquin] 2: 167 (1789) |
| Native Range | Italy to w. Balkan Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | leaves simple, small, narrow, bright green, adaxially glabrous, abaxially hirsute, flowers crowded in terminal racemes |
| Size | 15-20cm |
| Color | bright yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cytisus sericeus (Wulfen) Vis. Telinaria sericea (Wulfen) C.Presl |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |
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