Spartium junceum

Taxonomy

Family

Leguminosae

Genus

Spartium

Species

junceum

Nomenclature Melissopalynology

Spartium junceum

Classifier

Distribution

America, Hawaii, Europe, Africa, Japan, South Australia and New Zealand

Utility

It is widely commercialized as an ornamental and hedging plant, it is also suitable plant for erosion control. It is also cultivated for its essential oils. Its fibres have been used to make cloth and it produces a yellow dye. Phytotherapy and Medicine. Biodiversity.

Flowering time

V - VII

Pollen colour

Yellow

Pollen

Nectar

Pollen characteristic

Group: Monad
Simmetry: Radial
Polarity: Isopolar
Exine sculpturing: Reticulate

Aperture: Tricolpate
Polar View:Triangular
Equatorial view :Peroblate, Oval

Polar view: Triangular

Equatorial view: Peroblate , Equatorial view: Oval