Carmichaelia stevensonii

Carmichaelia stevensonii, the cord broom or weeping broom,^[1] is a species of shrubby plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to the north east of the South Island of New Zealand.^[3] It is threatened by habitat loss.^[1] It is a leafless shrub up to 3.5 m (11 ft) height. Unlike Spanish broom, it has "weeping" (downward-bending) branches.^[5]

Carmichaelia stevensonii
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)[1]
Declining (NZ TCS)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Carmichaelia
Species:	C. stevensonii
Binomial name
Carmichaelia stevensonii (Cheeseman) Heenan[3][4]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]
Chordospartium stevensonii Cheeseman

Taxonomy

It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1911 as Chordospartium stevensonii,^[6][7] but was reassigned to the genus, Carmichaelia, by Peter Brian Heenan in 1998.^[3][4]

Conservation status

The IUCN redlist listed it as "Vulnerable" in 1998 due to habitat loss.^[1] Assessments under the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS), declared it to be "At Risk – Declining" (Dec) in 2018.^[2]