Genista stenopetala
Webb & Berthel.Erect or spreading shrub or small tree to 3.5 m tall; stems appressed-pubescent to glabrous, ribbed. Leaves on petioles 4–12 mm long; leaflets elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, 0.8–3 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, subsessile, sparsely appressed-pubescent, often glabrescent above, margins flat, apex mucronate; stipules narrow-triangular, 1–2.5 mm long. Flowers 5–26 in elongated terminal racemes to 11 cm long, forming on main stems and lateral branches; bracts mostly subulate, 2–4 mm long, pubescent, basal on pedicle; bracteoles subulate, c. 1.5 mm long, pubescent, attached at base of calyx. Calyx c. 5 mm long, pubescent, teeth c. equal to tube; corolla 10–14 mm long; standard more or less glabrous. Pod narrow-oblong, 25–30 mm long, densely pubescent; seeds 5–7, globose, c. 3 mm long, somewhat compressed, shiny, black, aril small, tan. Flowers Oct.–Nov.
VVP, GipP, HSF. Also naturalised SA, NSW, Tas. Native of Madeira and the Canary Islands, plants establishing in disturbed areas near old gardens.
Forms a species complex with Genista monspessulana and G. ×spachiana. See notes under those species.
The name Genista maderensis (Webb & Berthel.) Lowe has previously been misapplied to this species in Australia.
