Cape Broom/Montpellier Broom (Genista monspessulana) (Nox)

Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution

Scientific name: Genista monspessulana (L.) L. Johnson Common Name: Cape broom, Montpellier Broom Status: Regionally Controlled in the Wimmera, Corangamite, Port Phillip & Westernport (East and West), Goulburn Broken, North East, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs. Restricted in the Mallee, North Central and Glenelg-Hopkins CMAs. Habitat: Subhumid and humid areas with a Mediterranean climate (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). It is an invasive weed of forest margins, neglected areas, roadsides and watercourses which occasionally encroaches onto poorer pastures in areas receiving more than 500 mm annual rainfall (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992). Cape broom invades dry coastal vegetation, heathland and heathy woodland, lowland grassland and grassy woodland, dry sclerophyll forest and woodland, damp sclerophyll forest, riparian vegetation and rock outcrop vegetation (Carr et al 1992).

Cape Broom Plant

Cape Broom flowers

Related Links Further information on Cape Broom can be found on the DPI Website, Pest Plant Notes. Weed Identification Note for Montpellier Broom - on the Weeds Australia website (external link). Information is provided on the generalised current distribution in Australia as well as other information such as origin, distinguishing features, dispersal etc.

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