| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Genista lydia Boiss. trib. Genisteae |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 8 (1843) |
| Native Range | se. Europe to Syria |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | glabrous, branchlets thin, leaves minute, shortly elliptic-linear, obtuse, inflorescence lax and shortly racemose, glabrous, lobes subulate, pod glabrous, linear |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| 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 | Corniola pontica (Spach) K.Koch Genista antiochia Boiss. Genista caespitosa K.Koch Genista januensis ssp. lydia (Boiss.) Kit Tan & Ziel. Genista lamprophylla Spach Genista leptophylla Spach Genista lydia ssp. antalayaensis Ponert Genista lydia ssp. antiochia (Boiss.) Ponert Genista lydia var. antiochia (Boiss.) P.E.Gibbs Genista lydia ssp. rumelica (Velen.) Ponert Genista lydia var. rumelica (Velen.) Bornm. Genista patula var. antiochia (Boiss.) Boiss. Genista pontica Spach Genista rumelica Velen. Genista transsilvanica Schur Genista triangularis Baumg. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |
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