Key to Cytisus

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(For a list of species in Cytisus, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Corolla generally white, with dark or purple lines or spots or not; banner < 10 or 10–15 mm

2. Banner < 10 mm; leaflets < 10 mm ..... C. multiflorus

2' Banner 10–15 mm; leaflets 10–30 mm ..... C. proliferus

1' Corolla pale or golden yellow; banner generally > 10–25 mm

3. Calyx glabrous; fruit flat, glabrous except margin; branches generally 5-angled ..... C. scoparius

3' Calyx appressed-hairy; fruit ± inflated, densely white-hairy; branches generally 8–10-angled ..... C. striatus

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