Spanish broom
Cytisus striatus
- Layer 3 · Shrubs
- Nitrogen fixer
Status by region
No restrictions recorded in the lists we checked.
Checked against the European Union list (Regulation 1143/2014) · Portugal's national invasive species list (Decreto-Lei 92/2019).
Information based on the cited sources, not legal advice — always confirm your local rules.
About
Toxic: inedible. Native to the west of the Iberian Peninsula, it is a leguminous shrub highly adapted to poor soils. In the food forest, it functions as a pioneer species that fixes atmospheric nitrogen and improves the soil.
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Needs
- Water: Low
- Light: Full sun
- Size: Shrub up to 3 m
- Mature diameter: 2 m
- Soils: Loam, Sandy
- Climates: Atlantic coast, Inland / Continental, Hot, dry Mediterranean
Calendar
- January
- February — Planting
- March — Planting
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October — Planting
- November — Planting
- December
- Harvest
- Planting
Medicinal use: Toxic: it is not edible, its ingestion being dangerous to human health.
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