German greenweed Genista germanica

Features

Shrub. It grows to a height of 10 to 60 cm. Habitat - dry forests.

Species	Scrubs (Nanofanerophytes)
Living space	Bright forest, Treeline
Size	10-60 cm

Description

Genista germanica can grow to 0.6 metres. 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. In Slovenia, it is a common plant that grows on barren soils in moderately warm places. It is most often found in bright places. It is a well-known honey plant that bees like to visit, as it blooms profusely and has honey.