Cytisus purgans

		Foliage: the leaves grow directly on the branches after flowering. They appear at the same time as the fruit, a velvety seed pod. Flowers: one-year-old bare branches break into a multitude of richly scented bright yellow flowers from May to July.

Size: shrub around 1 metre tall Habitat: Stony heathland on siliceous soil, preferably on sunny, south-facing slopes.

In the Pyrenees: in the Ariège, Cerdagne, Capcir, Haute Catalogne, Andorra. Typical companions: dwarf juniper, wild cotoneaster, heather, northern bilberry, festuca eskia, anemone alpina sulphurea, amplexicaule buttercup.

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