| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Genista sylvestris Scop. trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 53 (1771) |
| Native Range | c. & s. Italy to Balkan Peninsula |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | leaves tiny, linear, crowded, dark green, flowers in terminal racemes, spinose, branchlets square, corolla about 8mm long |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | golden yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cytisus arcuatus Vuk. Cytisus sylvestris (Scop.) Vis. Cytisus sylvestris var. innocua Vis. Cytisus sylvestris var. pungens Vis. Genista arcuata W.D.J.Koch Genista sylvestris ssp. innocua (Vis.) Hayek Genista sylvestris var. pungens (Vis.) Rehder |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |