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Genista

not marked as a favorite taxon *Genista tinctoria Linnaeus. Common name: Dyer's Greenweed, Dyer’s Broom. Phenology: Mar-Sep. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Europe. Not cited in Harvill et al. (1992), but described as naturalized in sterile soils south to VA in Cronquist (1990), Fernald (1950), and Gleason & Cronquist (1952).

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Origin/Endemic status: Europe

Taxonomy Comments: POWO (2024) recognizes five subspecies; apparently only ssp. tinctoria is present in North America.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA11.1, G, K4, NE, NS, NY, Isely (1998); > Genista tinctoria ssp. tinctoria — POWO. Basionym: Genista tinctoria L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Genista tinctoria - FNA11.1

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