Genista sessilifolia
A yellow-flowered broom of dry slopes in the Balkans and Turkey; it supplies bees mainly with pollen, with little nectar.
- Nectar
- Low
- Pollen
- Medium
- Flowering
- JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
- Height
- 0.3-1 m
- Life cycle
- Perennial
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Brooms (Genista) have the papilionaceous flower typical of legumes. The flower trips open when a bee lands on the keel, and pollen is pressed against the bee's underside. Nectar is either absent or very scarce; this species' main contribution to beekeeping is pollen.
Flowering
It flowers for several weeks between May and July, depending on altitude. It forms clumps on dry, stony slopes, in scrub and on the edges of open oak woodland.
Honey and pollen
No monofloral honey from this species is known. Its yellow flowers add pollen diversity for colonies raising brood in late spring and early summer.
Note for the beekeeper
Detailed measurements of this species' value for beekeeping are almost non-existent; the values given are based on the general traits of the genus. The slopes where it grows are usually mixed with thyme, sage and thorny shrubs, so it makes a small contribution to the local mixed flower honey.