Summary
Place of publication:
Enum. hort. berol. alt. 2:241. 1822
Verified:
04/22/2015
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
broom – broomtops – common broom – English broom – European broom – Irish broom – Scotch broom – Scottish broom – Afrikaans
Skotse brem – French
genêt à balais – German
Besenginster – Italian
amaracciole – emero scornabecco – ginestra dei carbonai – Portuguese
giesta – Swedish
har-ris – Transcribed Chinese
jin que hua –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
1 | Native | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Belarus | | |
1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Lithuania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Moldova | | |
1 | Native | Europe | East Europe | Ukraine | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Austria | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Belgium | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Czechoslovakia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Germany | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Hungary | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Netherlands | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Poland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Middle Europe | Switzerland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Denmark | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Ireland | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Norway | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | Sweden | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Former Yugoslavia | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Romania | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | Canada | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | | United States | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | North-Central Pacific | United States | Hawaii | |
Native
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Madeira Islands]
Europe
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EAST EUROPE:
Belarus, Lithuania, Moldova, Ukraine
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MIDDLE EUROPE:
Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
Denmark, United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Sweden
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Former Yugoslavia, Italy, Romania
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain, France, Portugal
Cultivated
()
Naturalized
Africa
-
MACARONESIA:
Portugal [Azores]
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
South Africa
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Australasia
-
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Northern America
-
REGION:
Canada, United States
Pacific
-
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | erosion control | | Weber, E. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. 2003 |
Environmental | ornamental | | Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984 |
Medicines | source of sparteine | | Farnsworth, N. R. & D. D. Soejarto. Global importance of medicinal plants (unpublished draft manuscript rev. 23, 1988) |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Der Marderosian, A. & L. Liberti. Natural product medicine: a scientific guide to foods, drugs, cosmetics. 1988 |
Weed | potential seed contaminant | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=13019.
Accessed 5 October 2024.