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Cytisus multiflorus

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Family Fabaceae

Taxonomy: Cytisus multiflorus (L'Hér.) Sweet

Synonyms: 5 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Cytisus albus Link (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus lusitanicus Font Quer ex Willk. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Cytisus multiflorum Lindl. (orthographic variant)
  • Genista alba Lam. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Spartium multiflorum L'Hér. (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): SA (formerly naturalised), Vic (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (17), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 24 records in 4 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 25 mm (20-30 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 5 mm (4-6 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_type (categorical): legume (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf morphology
life history
seed morphology
  • seed_length (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_width (numerical): 2.5 mm (2.5-2.5 mm) [sources: RBGV_2023]
  • seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1); ovoid (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
RBGV_20231517VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
RBGV_202244VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.