| Author | (L.) Link | |
| Distribution | Mostly Piedmont and Sandhills, less frequent in the Mountains and Coastal Plain.
Native of southern Europe; in N.A. mostly in East Coast and West Coast states. | |
| Abundance | Uncommon to infrequent throughout, except rare in the Coastal Plain and Outer Banks (Roanoke Island). | |
| Habitat | Dry soils of roadsides, roadbanks, fields, clearings, disturbed areas. | |
| Phenology | Flowering April-June. | |
| Identification | Scotch Broom is a shrub 3-7 feet tall with dark green, strongly ascending branches. The main stem usually produces gray-brown bark with striations. Flowers are numerous along branches, bright yellow to golden yellow and more than an inch long. When in full bloom, a bush of this species has truly uncountable numbers of flowers, seemingly over the entire plant from top to bottom. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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