Cytisus Aeolicus

''Cytisus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family (biology), family Fabaceae, native plant, native to open sites (typically shrubland, scrub and heathland) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Genisteae which are commonly called brooms. They are shrubs producing masses of brightly coloured, pea-like flowers, often highly fragrant. Members of the segregate genera ''Calicotome'', ''Chamaecytisus'', and ''Lembotropis'' are sometimes included in ''Cytisus''.

Species

, Kew's Plants of the World Online accepted the following species and natural hybrids:

Award of Garden Merit cultivars

Species have been widely cultivated and Hybrid (biology)#Hybrid plants, hybridised, and the following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
* ''Cytisus'' × ''beanii''
*''Cytisus'' × ''boskoopii'' 'Boskoop Ruby' (deep crimson flowers,)
*''Cytisus'' × ''boskoopii'' 'Zeelandia' (lilac, pink and cream flowers,)
*''Cytisus'' 'Burkwoodii' (cerise red or crimson red and yellow edged flowers,Andy McIndoe )
*''Cytisus'' 'Hollandia' (red and pale cream flowers,)
*''Cytisus'' × ''Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, kewensis'' (''Cytisus ardoinii'' × ''Cytisus multiflorus''; small, prostrate shrub with cream flowers)
*''Cytisus'' 'Lena'
* ''Cytisus nigricans'' 'Cyni'
*''Cytisus × praecox'' 'Allgold' (yellow flowers)
*''Cytisus'' × ''praecox'' 'Warminster' (pale yellow flowers)

References

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Cytisus,
Taxa named by René Louiche Desfontaines
Fabaceae genera
Flora of the Palearctic realm