Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Laburnum anagyroides Medik., Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Öcon. Ges. 2: 363 (1787) – as anagyroidis
Synonymy:
- = Cytisus laburnum L.
Vernacular Name(s):
Colden rain; Golden chain; Laburnum
Description
Deciduous shrub or small tree to 7 m high; twigs densely clothed in appressed hairs, rounded, remaining green for several years. Lvs glabrous above, clothed in fine appressed hairs below, 3-foliolate; petioles mostly 30–70 mm long; leaflets elliptic, mucronate, (20)–30–60 mm long; terminal leaflet slightly > lateral leaflets; petiolules ± equal, 1–2 mm long. Infl. axillary, racemose, lax and pendulous, many-flowered; pedicels 5–15 mm long; bracteoles subtending calyx linear, 2–5 mm long, deciduous. Calyx densely clothed in appressed hairs, with 2 short lips. Corolla yellow, sometimes with dark markings, 15–20 mm long. Pod with appressed hairs, becoming almost glabrous when mature, oblong and flattened, 2–6-seeded, 40–70 mm long; sutures thickened; seeds black, c. 5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Phenology
Flowering: Sep.–Nov.
Bibliography
Connor, H.E. 1977: The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Connor, H.E.; Fountain, J. 2009: Plants that Poison: A New Zealand Guide. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln.
Edwards, R. 2008: Lincoln University campus – a guide to some of the trees currently growing there. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Medikus, F.K. 1787: Versuch einer neuen Lehrart die Pflanzen nach zwei Methoden zugleich, nehmlich nach der künstlichen und natürlichen, zu ordnen, durch ein Beispiel einer natürlichen FAmilie erörtext. Vorlesungen der Churpfälzischen physicalisch-öconomischen Gesellschaft. Mannheim 2: 327–450.
Stewart, J. 1971: Plants in New Zealand Poisonous to Man. New Zealand Department of Health, Wellington.
