Spartium junceum

Spartium junceum, known as Spanish broom, rush broom, or '''weaver's broom, it is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and the sole species in the genus Spartium'. It is closely related to the other brooms (in the genera Cytisus and Genista).

== Description == Spartium junceum is a vigorous, deciduous shrub growing to tall, rarely , with main stems up to thick, rarely . It has thick, somewhat succulent grey-green rush-like shoots with very sparse small deciduous leaves long and up to broad. The leaves are of little importance to the plant, with much of the photosynthesis occurring in the green shoots (a water-conserving strategy in its dry climate). The leaves fall away early. In late spring and summer shoots are covered in profuse fragrant yellow pea-like flowers 1 to 2 cm across. In late summer, the legumes (seed pods) mature black and reach long. They burst open, often with an audible crack, spreading seed from the parent plant.