Common name:
Dyer's greenweed
Family:
Scientific name:
Genista tinctoria
Main flower color:
Range:
England, Wales and south Scotland
Height:
Between 20 cm and 50 cm
Habitat:
Grassland, usually on heavy, calcareous soils
Flowers:
In a vertical cluster along the upper part of the leafy stems. The yellow flowers are around 15 cm long, with a pale green, hairless calyx
Fruit:
Flat, blunt-pointed, hairless pods
Leaves:
Narrowly lanceolate, with pointed tips, and finely ciliate margins, otherwise hairless. Leaves have a midvein and pinnate side veins
Season:
April to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
