Common name
English: White Broom
German: Weißer Ginster
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Retama (3)
Epithet: raetam (Forssk.) Webb (1)
Synonyms: Genista raetam Forssk., Retama duriaei (Spach) Webb, Retama raetum (Forssk.) Webb
duriaei => in honor of Michel Charles Durieu de. Maisonneuve (1796–1878), french botanist
Characteristics
Climate: sub-tropical
Habitat: xerophytic
Habit: shrub
Flower colour: white