scoparius
/skoh-PAIR-ee-us/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: scoparia, scoparium
A growth habit epithet for shrubs and grasses whose many thin, wand-like branches rise together in a tight sheaf, recalling the bound twigs of a besom broom. This is the masculine form, paired with masculine genus names. Appears as scoparius (masculine), scoparia (feminine), or scoparium (neuter).
Example
“Cytisus scoparius (Scotch broom) carries green whip-like stems bundled into the broom shape that gives both the epithet and the common name.”