Chamaecytisus cassius

Chamaecytisus cassius is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It it native to South Turkey and the territories of Lebanon and Syria.^[1]

Chamaecytisus cassius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Chamaecytisus
Species:	C. cassius
Binomial name
Chamaecytisus cassius (Boiss.) Rothm
Synonyms
Cytisus cassius Boiss.

Description

Shrub, typically 6-10 feet tall, leaves trifoliate. Seed pods begin appearing in June.^[2]

Taxonomy

Chamaecytisus cassius was first described by Pierre Edmond Boissier in 1849 as Cytisus cassius, but has since been transferred to the genus Chamaecytisus by German botanist Werner Rothmaler in 1944 and published under its current binomial name.^[1]