| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Genista germanica L. trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 710 (1753) |
| Native Range | Europe |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | steppes |
| Description | spinose, leaves caducous, 8-20mm long, elliptic to lanceolate, abaxially long hirsute, flowers to 12mm long in lax raceme |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 1-3 months cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cytisus heteroacanthus (Vuk.) Schloss. & Vuk Cytisus germanicus (L.) Vis. Euteline germanica (L.) Raf. Genista germanica f. humilis Borzon Genista germanica var. inermis W.D.J.Koch Genista germanica var. insubrica R.Keller Genista heteroacantha Schloss. & Vuk. Genista inermis Pančić Genista kochii Rouy Genista macrotropis Pančić Genista spinosa Gilib. Genista villosa Lam. Lissera germanica (L.) Fourr. Scorpius clusii Moench Scorpius spinosus (Gilib.) Moench Spartium humile Salisb. Voglera germanica (L.) Fourr. Voglera spinosa (Gilib.) Gaertn. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 10 Northern Europe (DEN Denmark, SWE Sweden) 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, BGM Belgium, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, NET Netherlands, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (COR Corse, FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) |