Genista pilosa 'Vancouver Gold' (Silkyleaf Woadwaxen)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Silkyleaf Woadwaxen, Vancouver Gold Broom

Description

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Physical Description

Habit: Prostrate

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May. • Flower Color: Yellow • Flower Conspicuous: Sweet-pea shaped

Foliage: Small • Foliage Shape: Rounded • Normal foliage color: Green • Underside foliage: Green • Juvenile foliage: Green • Mature foliage: Green • New foliage: Green • Spring foliage: Green • Summer foliage: Green • Fall foliage: Green

Size/Age/Growth

Growth Rate: Slow Growing • Size: Slow-growing 6 to 15 inches high, 3 ft . wide.

Landscaping

Care: Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system . Watering can be reduced after establishment. No fertilizing is required, these plants fix nitrogen in the soil.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full sun

Moisture: Water Requirements: Once established needs only occasional water.

Temperature: Heat Zones: High: 9 (>120 to 150 days) Low:3 (>7 to 14 days) (map) • Cold Hardiness: High:9 (20 to 30 F) Low:5 (-20 to -10 F) (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Rosidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Rosanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Fabales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Leguminosae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Papilionoideae ()
        Tribe: Cytiseae ()
        Genus: Genista () - C. Linnaeus, 1753
        Specific epithet: pilosa - Linnaeus
        Cultivar: Vancouver Gold
        Botanical name: - Genista pilosa 'Vancouver Gold' Linnaeus

Notes

A tentatively accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Genista

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 33 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

G. aetnensis (Mount Etna Broom) · G. albida (White Genista) · G. anglica (Needle Furze) · G. anglica 'Cloth of Gold' (Needle Furze) · G. canariensis (Canary Broom) · G. hispanica (Anlaga) · G. hispanica hispanica (Spanish Gorse) · G. hispanica occidentalis (Anlaga) · G. linifolia (Flexleaf Broom) · G. lydia (Lydia Broom) · G. maderensis (Madeira Dyer's Greenweed) · G. microphylla (Retama Amarilla) · G. monspessulana (Canary Broom Genista Monspessulana) · G. paivae (Piorno) · G. pilosa (Gold Flash Broom) · G. pilosa 'Goldilocks' (Hairy Greenweed) · G. pilosa 'Vancouver Gold' (Silkyleaf Woadwaxen) · G. radiata (Rayed Broom) · G. sagittalis (Broom) · G. scorpius (Aulaga) · G. scorpius myriantha (Aulaga) · G. scorpius scorpius (Aulaga) · G. spartioides (Bolina) · G. stenopetala (Gacia) · G. tenera (Piorno) · G. tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed) · G. tinctoria tinctoria (Dyer's Greenweed) · G. tinctoria 'Royal Gold' (Dyers Greenweed) · G. tournefortii (Aulaga Fina) · G. tridens (Aulaga) · G. tridentata (Carquesia) · G. umbellata (Bolina) · G. x spachiana (Easter Broom)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Identifiers

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 709614