About Chamaecytisus hirsutus (L.) Link
Chamaecytisus hirsutus grows to an average height of 30–40 centimetres (12–16 inches), and can reach a maximum height of around 100 centimetres (39 inches). Its stem is more or less ascending, woody at the base, branched, and suffruticose, meaning it produces annual herbaceous ascending branches. The stem bears 3-millimeter-long hairs, which gives the species its Latin name hirsutus, meaning hairy. Its small deciduous leaves are trifoliate, shaped ovate to elliptic, hairy on both surfaces, 18–25 millimetres (0.71–0.98 inches) long, and borne on a petiole. Its flowers start out orange-yellow, and gradually turn reddish brown as they age. Flowering occurs from April to June. Its seed pods (legumes) are 25–40 millimetres (0.98–1.57 inches) long, very hairy, and reach maturity in late summer. This species is distributed across Turkey, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Switzerland, Albania, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania, and France. It grows in calcareous, arid habitats including dry meadows and slopes along woodland edges, at altitudes from 0 to 1,500 metres (0 to 4,921 feet).
