Spartium junceum

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Spartium junceum L.

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Order Fabales
Family Leguminosae
Genus Spartium

2n = 48-52

Origin : Mediterranean area

wild and cultivated

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Popular names

  • English: Spanish broom
  • French: genêt d'Espagne
  • Spanish: retama de olor, gayomba, gallomba, ginesta, ginestra

Biology

Classification

Spartium junceum L. (1753)

synonyms:

  • Genista juncea (L.) Scop. (1771)

Cultivars

History

Uses

References

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pulisher's website
  • Olivier, Sylvain (dir.), Llaty, Catherine, Chabal, Lucie, Cullin-Mingaud, Magali, Durand, Aline, Jaudon, Bruno, Martin, Philippe, Vallat, François, Bernard, Régine, Boucherat, Toomaï, 2009. Le genêt textile. Plante sauvage, plante cultivée. (Les cahiers du Lodévois-Larzac, 34). Lodève, Communauté de communes Lodévois & Larzac. 144 p. A scholar and excellent synthesis about industrial use of Spanish broom as a fiber in Hérault (France).
  • Perdomo, Molina, Antonio y Cubas Hernéndez, Fátima, 2002. Las fibras vegetales utilizadas tradicionalmente en el cultivo de la viña en Canarias. Una visión etnográfica y geográfica. IV Jornadas Técnicas Vitivinícolas de Canarias

Links

GRIN

Plants for a Future

IPNI page