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Cytisus

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Cytisus
genus of the Fabaceae legume family; contain the toxic alkaloid cytisine which causes excitement, incoordination, convulsions and death due to asphyxia. Includes C. scoparius, C. multiflorus, C. proliferus. Called also brooms.


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shrubs (including Corylus avellana, Sambucus racemosa, Prunus spinosa, Cytisus scoparius, Crataegus monogyna, Salix caprea, and Lonicera periclymenun) and dense populations of plants such as Pteridium aquilinum and Epilobium angustifolium.
 
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