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| name = ''Laburnum alpinum''
| common_names = Alpine Laburnum, Scottish Laburnum
| growth_habit = tree
| high = 12m (rarely to 15m)
| wide = 
| origin = S Europe
| poisonous = All parts poisonous; seeds particularly dangerous
| lifespan = 30-100 years
| exposure = full sun
| water = 
| features = pendulous yellow flower racemes
| hardiness = 
| bloom = mid-late spring
| usda_zones = 5-7 (to 10 with cool summers)
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| color = IndianRed
| image = Laburnum_alpinum_JPG1A.jpg
| image_width = 240px    <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
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| regnum = Plantae
| divisio = Magnoliophyta
| classis = Magnoliopsida
| ordo = Fabales
| familia = Fabaceae
| genus = Laburnum
| species = alpinum
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''Laburnum alpinum'' (Mill.) J.Presl (syn. ''Cytisus alpinus'' Mill.). Alpine Laburnum. Shrub or tree, to 12m, similar to ''[[Laburnum anagyroides]]'', but branchlets glabrous or hirsute when young, lfts. usually elliptic, acute, light green and glabrous beneath or sparingly hirsute, ciliate, 2.5-5 cm long: racemes longer and slender, glabrous or sparingly hirsute; fls. smaller, Late May to June; pod thin, with the upper suture winged, glabrous; seed brown. Mountains, S. Europe. B.M. 176 (as Cytisus Laburnum). Cultivar 'Pendulum' Koch has pendulous branches. This species flowers about 2 weeks later than ''L. anagyroides'', and has much longer and more slender racemes; it also is of more upright and stiffer growth and hardier.
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==Species==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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