Genista stenopetala

{{short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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|image = Cytisus x spachianus1.jpg

|genus = Genista

|species = stenopetala

|authority = Webb & Berthel.

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|Cytisus atleyanus |(K.Koch) K.Koch

|Cytisus bracteolatus |(Link) Voss

|Cytisus chrysobotrys |Fisch.

|Cytisus genistoides |Regel

|Cytisus spachianus |(Webb) Kuntze

|Genista bracteolata |Link

|Teline atleyana |K.Koch

|Teline bracteolata |(Link) K.Koch}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Genista spachiana Webb {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:496359-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=7 July 2021 |language=en}}

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Genista stenopetala, the sweet broom, Easter broom or leafy broom (syn. Genista spachiana, Cytisus spachianus), is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Canary Islands, on La Palma and Tenerife.

It is an evergreen shrub growing to {{convert|3|m}} tall. The leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets {{convert|1|-|3|cm}} long, narrow elliptic, coated with fine silky, silvery hairs. The strongly scented flowers are yellow, {{convert|1|-|2|cm}} long, produced in racemes {{convert|5|-|11|cm}} long. The flowers appear in late winter or early spring. The fruit is a pod {{convert|2|-|3|cm}} long.

The Latin specific epithet stenopetala means "with narrow petals".{{cite book | last=Harrison |first=Lorraine | title=RHS Latin for Gardeners | year=2012 |publisher=Mitchell Beazley | location=United Kingdom | isbn=978-1845337315 }}

Under the name Genista × spachiana, it has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/65679/Genista-x-spachiana/Details | title = Genista × spachiana | website = www.rhs.org | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 9 July 2020}} It is not a hardy plant, and does not tolerate temperatures below {{convert|5 |C|F|abbr=on}}, so in temperate climates it is usually grown under glass. However, it may be placed outside during the summer months, in a sheltered, sunny spot.