DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Spiny Broom (Calicotome spinosa) (Nox)
Invasiveness Assessment | Impact Assessment | Potential Distribution | Present Distribution
Scientific name: Calicotome spinosa
Common name: Spiny broom
Status: Regionally Controlled in the Wimmera and Corangamite CMAs.
Regionally Prohibited in Port Phillip & Westernport (East & West) and North East CMAs.
Restricted in the Mallee, North Central, Glenelg-Hopkins, Goulburn Broken, West Gippsland and East Gippsland CMAs.
Habitat: Warm-temperate regions growing on slightly acidic, dry, rocky soils in areas with moderate rainfall (Parsons and Cuthbertson 1992).
 Spiny Broom flowers (image courtesy Andy Steed) |  Spiny Broom foliage (image courtesy Andy Steed) |
 Spiny Broom juvenile plant (image courtesy Andy Steed) |  Spiny Broom plant (image courtesy Andy Steed) |
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This document was last reviewed on 24/09/2008