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Spanish Broom
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Spanish Broom 

(Spartium junceum), a bush of the family Leguminosae. The linear leaves are attached to green, straight, virgate branches. Leaf fall occurs early. The fragrant yellow flowers are monoecious and gathered into a long, loose apical raceme. The fruit is a linear, flat polyspermous bean that is weakly constricted. Spanish broom grows wild on the arid slopes in the Western Mediterranean Region and on the Canary Islands. It is cultivated in the USSR as an ornamental. It grows wild in the Crimea and the Caucasus. In Spain a durable fiber for coarse fabrics is obtained from the stems. The Spanish broom is a poisonous plant, containing the alkaloid sparteine.



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Also trim over neglected lavender bushes and Spanish broom, Spartium junceum.
Cytobios 106 Suppl 2: 151-164 Baccetti B, Burrini AG, Chen JS, Collodel G, Giachetti D, Matteucci F, Menesini-Chen MG, Moretti E, Piomboni P, Sensini C (1993) Evaluation of the antifertility activity of the broom Spartium junceum in the mammalian male.
In the days ahead, keep an eye open for Spartium junceum, which can be seen along highways and canyons from Los Angeles to Lake Hughes.
 
 
 
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