{{Short description|Species of legume}} {{Speciesbox | image = Cytisus nigricans sl5.jpg |status = LC |status_system = IUCN3.1 |status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{Cite iucn |title=''Lembotropis nigricans'' |author=Rivers, M.C. |name-list-style=amp |article-number= e.T101608457A101608498 |date=2017 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T101608457A101608498.en |access-date=26 January 2024}}</ref> | genus = Cytisus | species = nigricans | authority = (L.) | synonyms = * ''Lembotropis nigricans'' <small>L.</small> }}
'''''Cytisus nigricans''''', the '''black broom''', is a species of flowering plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the family Fabaceae.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ildis.org/LegumeWeb?version~10.01&genus~Lembotropis&species~ | title = ILDIS LegumeWeb entry for ''Lembotropis'' | author = <!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> | website = International Legume Database & Information Service | publisher = Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | access-date = 11 April 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6427 | title = GRIN species records of ''Lembotropis'' | author = USDA | author-link = USDA | author2 = ARS | author2-link = Agricultural Research Service | author3 = National Genetic Resources Program | website = Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database] | publisher = National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland | access-date = 11 April 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924122101/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?6427 | archive-date = 24 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name="PlantList">{{cite web | url = http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Leguminosae/Lembotropis/ | title = The Plant List entry for ''Lembotropis'' | date = 2013 | website = The Plant List | publisher = Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden | access-date = 11 April 2014 }}</ref> Growing {{convert|3-5|ft|m|abbr=on}} tall, it is a slender deciduous shrub with erect branches. Masses of brilliant yellow, slightly fragrant pea-like flowers appear in long racemes on the current year's growth in summer and early autumn.<ref name=TASO>{{cite web | url = https://treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cytisus/cytisus-nigricans/ | title = Cytisus nigricans | publisher = Trees and shrubs online | access-date = 24 February 2021}}</ref>
The more compact cultivar 'Cyni', to {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}}, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/31010/Cytisus-nigricans-Cyni/Details | title = ''Cytisus nigricans'' 'Cyni' | publisher = RHS | access-date = 17 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=AGM Plants March 2020 © RHS – ORNAMENTAL |date=March 2020 |website=rhs.org.uk |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=11 September 2020 }}</ref> It is hardy but prefers a sheltered position in full sun, with poor soil. It is preferable to remove the mature seed pods in autumn.<ref name = TASO/>
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