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Genista germanica, the German greenweed,[1] is a plant species in the genus Genista belonging to the family Fabaceae.

Genista germanica
Illustration from Flora von Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz (1885)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Genista
Species:
G. germanica
Binomial name
Genista germanica

Distribution and habitat


This species grows in Central Europe, Western Europe and Southern Europe (Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Ukraine, Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia; Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden, Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Italy, Romania, France).[2][3][4] These shrubs can be found in thickets, poor pastures, heaths and dry meadows, preferably on acidic soils, usually between 0–800 metres (0–2,625 ft), rarely up to 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) above sea level.[5]


Description


Genista germanica can grow to 0.6 metres (2 ft 0 in).[2] These small perennial shrubs may have erect or prostrate stems, woody at the base, with robust simple or branched thorns. Only the young branches are green, slightly hairy. The deciduous leaves are oval-lanceolate, bright green and pubescent. The flowers, hermaphrodite, are gathered in short racemes, the calyx is pubescent with lanceolate teeth, the corolla is yellow. They bloom in May and June. The fruits are ovoid legumes of about 10 mm, with 2 to 4 ovoid, brownish seeds.[5]




Bibliography



References


  1. Richard Fitter, Alastair Fitter, Marjorie Blamey. Wild flowers of Britain and northern Europe. Collins Pocket Guide. 1985
  2. Plants for a future
  3. US National Plant Germplasm System
  4. Flora europaea
  5. Acta plantarum



На других языках


- [en] Genista germanica

[ru] Дрок германский

Дрок германский (лат. Genista germanica) — многолетний кустарник семейства Бобовых, произрастающее в сосновых и широколиственных лесах Европы и европейской части России, кроме северных и южных районов.



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