Plants Profile for Retama monosperma (bridal broom)

General Information
Symbol:	REMO2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Shrub
Native Status:	L48 I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
GEMO3	Genista monosperma (L.) Lam.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae – Pea family
Genus	Retama Raf. – bridal broom
Species	Retama monosperma (L.) Boiss. – bridal broom

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Retama monosperma bridal broom This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
Cal-IPC	California Invasive Plant Council. 2006. California Invasive Plant Inventory. Cal-IPC Publication 2006-02 (1 February 2007). California Invasive Plant Council. Berkeley, California.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status