Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations west of the Cascades crest in Washington; southwestern British Columbia to California, also in western Idaho.
Habitat: Waste areas, roadsides, and other disturbed open areas.
Flowers: June-July
Origin: Introduced from Europe
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Shrub up to 3.5 m. tall, usually villous-pubescent, the branches leafy.
Leaves alternate, trifoliate; leaflets obovate, 2-3 cm. long.
Flowers pea-like, 3-10 in compact racemes on short lateral shoots, light yellow, about 1 cm. long; calyx bell-shaped, hairy, the upper lip much more deeply lobed than the lower one.
Pods hairy, about 2 cm. long.
Publication: Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 3: 98. 1962.
Teline monspessulana (L.) K. Koch
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Genista monspessulana in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database
WA Flora Checklist: Genista monspessulana checklist entry
OregonFlora: Genista monspessulana information
E-Flora BC: Genista monspessulana atlas page
CalPhotos: Genista monspessulana photos
