Genista lydia

Genista lydia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Genista
Species:	G. lydia
Binomial name
	Genista lydia; Boiss.
Synonyms
	List Corniola pontica (Spach) K.Koch; Genista antiochia Boiss.; Genista caespitosa K.Koch; Genista januensis subsp. lydia (Boiss.) Kit Tan & Ziel.; Genista lamprophylla Spach; Genista leptophylla Spach; Genista lydia subsp. antalayaensis Ponert; Genista lydia subsp. antiochia (Boiss.) Ponert; Genista lydia subsp. rumelica (Velen.) Ponert; Genista pontica Spach; Genista rumelica Velen.; Genista transsilvanica Schur; Genista triangularis Baumg.; ;

Genista lydia, Lydian broom, dwarf broom, or common woadwaxen (a name it shares with Genista tinctoria), is a species in the genus Genista, native to the Balkans, Turkey and Syria.^[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2: 8 (1843)
^ ^a ^b "Genista lydia Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
^ "Genista lydia Lydian broom". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 7 October 2020.