Lepidospartum is a small genus of three species of flowering plant in the daisy family

Asteraceae

The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

. They are known commonly as broomsages or scalebrooms. These are tall, woody shrubs with stiff twiggy branches that resemble broom

Broom

A broom is a cleaning tool consisting of stiff fibers attached to, and roughly parallel to, a cylindrical handle, the broomstick. It is thus a variety of brush with a long handle. It is commonly used in combination with a dustpan....

s. They are native to the southwestern United States and far northern Mexico. These shrub have thin, narrow, needlelike or scalelike leaves and bear yellow daisy flowers. L. burgessii is an endangered species.

Species:

• Lepidospartum burgessii - Burgess' broomsage, gypsum scalebroom
• Lepidospartum latisquamum
  Lepidospartum latisquamum
  Lepidospartum latisquamum is a species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name Nevada broomsage. It is native to the southwestern United States from California to Utah, where it grows in woodland and scrub. This is a broomlike shrub growing ribbed stems upright to form a...
  
  - Nevada broomsage
• Lepidospartum squamatum
  Lepidospartum squamatum
  Lepidospartum squamatum is a species of flowering shrub in the daisy family known by the common name California broomsage. It is native to the mountains, valleys, and deserts of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in sandy, gravelly soils in a number of habitat types, especially...
  
  - California broomsage

External links

• USDA Plants Profile
• Jepson Manual Treatment