| Genista pilosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Genista |
| Species: | G. pilosa |
| Binomial name | |
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Genista pilosa L. |
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Genista pilosa, commonly known as hairy greenweed, silkyleaf brooom, silkyleaf woadwaxen and creeping broom, is a plant species in the genus Genista. It is 30–45 centimetres (12–18 in) tall and has green coloured stems. It has yellowish coloured flowers which grow in 1-3 pairs.It grows in Western and central Europe in poor, dry, sandy, and stony soils