{"id":"id-007","license":"CC-BY-4.0","data":{"title":"Scotch broom or gorse: yellow flowers, different armature","file":"/diagrams/id-007-scotch-broom-or-gorse.svg","caption":"FA Exhibit ID-007. Scotch broom or gorse: yellow flowers, different armature.","alt":"Equal-weight public-domain botanical specimens compare Scotch broom with common gorse. Mature gorse has a dense armature of stiff spines, while Scotch broom has slender green stems and small one- or three-foliolate leaves.","kind":"diagram","rights":"cc-by-4.0","depicts":"Yellow pea-like flowers can occur on both represented shrubs, so flower color alone is not the best first split","identifiableAddress":false,"exifGpsStripped":true,"derivation":"Morphology from USFS FEIS CYTSPP and ULEEUR. Plates: Thomé 1885, exact-species public-domain scans.","technicalReviewer":"Grayson Graham","lastVerified":"2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z","sourceUrl":"https://research.fs.usda.gov/feis/species-reviews/cytspp"}}