Cytisus

 ( Taxa Named By René Louiche Desfontaines ) 

Cytisus is a genus of in the family Fabaceae, native plant to open sites (typically shrubland and ) in Europe, western Asia and North Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae, and is one of several genera in the tribe Genisteae which are commonly called brooms. They are shrubs producing masses of brightly coloured, pea-like flowers, often highly fragrant.

Members of the segregate genera Calicotome, Chamaecytisus, and Lembotropis are sometimes included in Cytisus.

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Species , Kew's Plants of the World Online accepted the following species and natural hybrids:

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Award of Garden Merit cultivars Species have been widely cultivated and hybridised, and the following cultivars have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:

• Cytisus × beanii
• Cytisus × boskoopii 'Boskoop Ruby' (deep crimson flowers,)
• Cytisus × boskoopii 'Zeelandia' (lilac, pink and cream flowers,)
• Cytisus 'Burkwoodii' (cerise red or crimson red and yellow edged flowers,Andy McIndoe )
• Cytisus 'Hollandia' (red and pale cream flowers,)
• Cytisus × kewensis ( Cytisus ardoinii × Cytisus multiflorus; small, prostrate shrub with cream flowers)
• Cytisus 'Lena'
• Cytisus nigricans 'Cyni'
• Cytisus × praecox 'Allgold' (yellow flowers)
• Cytisus × praecox 'Warminster' (pale yellow flowers)

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