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  Identification of Volatile Constituents from the Flower Oil of Spartium junceum Journal of Essential Oil Research: ...
Spartium junceum L. (Papilionaceae) is a tall, thornless, deciduous shrub up to 3 m (sometimes taller in cultivation), with leaves sparse, simple, caducous, and flowers up to 2.5 cm, deep golden-yellow, in lax, terminal, crowded racemes up to 45 cm (1).
Spartium junceum is an unsafe herb, because of the cytisine content, causing serious intoxication.
Spartium junceum flowers are the source of an oil recommended for perfumery, though it is little used.
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 Spartium junceum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Spartium junceum is a perennial shrub, up to 3 m high, with long, slender, leafless or few-leaved, green, rushlike branchlets.
Spartium junceum may react in the same way as Cytisus scoparius to hormone weed killers.
Tkachuk, V.K. [Biology of aphid Aphis cytisorum on Spartium junceum.
tncweeds.ucdavis.edu /esadocs/documnts/sparjun.html   (5611 words)

  
 Spartium junceum risk assessment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Spartium junceum is the only species of this genus.
The most important differences concerned the presence of two species, Spartium junceum and Rubus fruticosus, preferentially grazed by sheep from the 'pastoral' flock.
Marcone, C.; Ragozzino, A.; Seemüller, E. Identification and characterization of the phytoplasma associated with elm yellows in southern Italy and its relatedness to other phytoplasmas of the elm yellows group.
www.hear.org /pier/wra/pacific/spartium_junceum_htmlwra.htm   (1989 words)

  
 PLANTS Profile for Spartium junceum (Spanish broom) | USDA PLANTS
Spartium junceum L. Click on a thumbnail to view an image, or see all the Spartium thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery
Spartium junceum L. This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state.
Spartium junceum L. This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries.
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 botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Broom, Spanish - Herb Profile and Information (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It is identified with the Spartium of the ancients, which is reputed to have been very violent in action and was said by Gerard and other herbalists 'to cause to vomit with great violence, even as white Hellebor.'
The dried flowers of Spanish Broom are readily differentiated, those of the true Broom having a small bell-shaped calyx with two unequal lobes, the upper of which is bi-dentate and the lower minutely tridentate, while in Spartium junceum, the calyx is deeply cleft to the base on one side only.
The name Spartium is from the Greek word denoting 'cardage,' in allusion to the use of the plant.
www.botanical.com.cob-web.org:8888 /botanical/mgmh/b/brospa73.html   (347 words)

  
 Spanish Broom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genista juncea), also known as Weaver's Broom, is a perennial, leguminous shrub native to the Mediterranean region in southern Europe, southwest Asia and northwest Africa, where it is found in sunny sites, usually on dry, sandy soils.
It is the sole species in the genus Spartium, but is closely related to the other brooms in the genera Cytisus and Genista.
Spanish Broom typically grows to 2-4 m tall, rarely 5 m, with main stems up to 5 cm thick, rarely 10 cm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spartium   (336 words)

  
 Spartium junceum L. (PIM 502)
Spartium junceum L. Spartium junceum L. 1.1 Scientific name
The fruits are flat, 6 to 8 cm long, hairless pods, green changing to fl when they mature, with 10 to 16 seeds each (Bianchini, 1981; Pronczuk & Laborde, 1988) (see Figure 1).
Spartium junceum usually grows at the sides of country roads in areas exposed to sunlight (Bianchini, 1981; Pronczuk, 1988).
www.inchem.org /documents/pims/plant/spartium.htm   (927 words)

  
 Species: Spartium junceum
Spanish broom is classified as a noxious weed in Hawaii and Oregon, and as a "Category A" nonnative species in Washington [54].
Comparison of variance in quantitative growth and physiological traits between genets and ramets derived from an invasive weed, Spartium junceum (Fabaceae).
Spartium junceum L. In: Bossard, Carla C.; Randall, John M.; Hoshovsky, Marc C., eds.
www.fs.fed.us /database/feis/plants/shrub/spajun/all.html   (5703 words)

  
 Broom
It is remarkable as the only native medicinal plant used as an official drug that we draw from the important order of the Leguminosae, or pod-bearing tribe.
Shepherds have long been aware of the narcotic properties of Broom, due to Sparteine, having noticed that sheep after eating it become at first excited and then stupefied, but the intoxicating effects soon pass off.
---Substitutes---It is essential that true Broom be carefully distinguished from Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum), since a number of cases of poisoning have occurred from the substitution of the dried flowers of Spartium for those of the true Broom.
www.nisbett.com /herbs/b/broom-70.html   (2774 words)

  
 New Disease Reports - First report of Spartium witches’ broom disease in Spain
Symptoms of witches’ brooms and decline were observed on Spanish broom (Spartium junceum L.) in Catalonia, Spain (Fig.
This is the first report of a phytoplasma disease of S.
Genetic characterization and classification of two phytoplasmas associated with Spartium witches’ broom disease.
www.bspp.org.uk /ndr/july2002/2002-20.asp   (471 words)

  
 PHYTOPLASMA DISEASES OF TREES AND SHRUBS OF URBAN AREAS IN EUROPE
In Europe, phytoplasmas cause severe yellows, witches'-broom and decline diseases of trees and shrubs grown in urban areas.
Spanish broom (Spartium junceum) is affected by the spartium witches'-broom disease which is associated with phytoplasmas of the apple proliferation (AP) and elm yellows (EY) groups.
Broom (Sarothamnus scoparius) and buckthorn (Rhamnus catharticus) are affected by lethal witches'-broom diseases whose causal agents are distinct members of the AP group.
www.actahort.org /books/496/496_7.htm   (247 words)

  
 Spanish broom, Spartium junceum (Fabales: Fabaceae) @ Invasive.org
Spanish broom, Spartium junceum (Fabales: Fabaceae) @ Invasive.org
Magnoliopsida > Fabales > Fabaceae > Spartium junceum L. Synonym(s): weaver's broom
Invasive.org is a joint project of The Bugwood Network, USDA Forest Service and USDA APHIS PPQ.
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 Property for Sale - Bodrum | Buy Property in Bodrum - Turkey
9 Helianthus villas, 3 Jasmine villas, 1 Honeysuckle (one floor, stone villa) and 1 Oleander Villa (two floors, stone villa) and 8 Spartium flats.
The complex has its own communual swimming pool and Club House.
The complex has its own communual swimming pool also.
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 BROOM - [Alternative Medicine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Broom is an herbal medicine used for heart weakness, fast heart rate, and large amounts of menstrual (period) blood flow.
Other names for Broom include: Hogweed, Scoparius, Cytisus Scoparius Link, and Spartium scoparium.
Ask your doctor, nurse, or pharmacist if you need more information about this medicine or if any information in this leaflet concerns you.
www.luhs.org /health/kbase/htm/mdx-/ame0/026/mdx-ame0026.htm   (453 words)

  
 'Candidatus Phytoplasma spartii', 'Candidatus Phytoplasma rhamni' and 'Candidatus Phytoplasma allocasuarinae', ...
'Candidatus Phytoplasma spartii', 'Candidatus Phytoplasma rhamni' and 'Candidatus Phytoplasma allocasuarinae', respectively associated with spartium witches'-broom, buckthorn witches'-broom and allocasuarina yellows diseases -- Marcone et al.
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma spartii’, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma rhamni’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma allocasuarinae’, respectively associated with spartium witches'-broom, buckthorn witches'-broom and allocasuarina yellows diseases
diseases of Spartium junceum (Spanish broom), Rhamnus catharticus
ijs.sgmjournals.org /cgi/content/abstract/54/4/1025   (362 words)

  
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Spartium Web Development Solutions specializes in designing Web Sites for businesses and organizations Worldwide.
We can increase your search ranking within search engines and increase visitors to your site.
www.spglass.com /morelinks.html   (303 words)

  
 Spartium - Dictionnaire Français-Anglais WordReference.com
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 PlantScout: Companies selling Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum)
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