Scotch Broom also known as the Canary Island Broom, Kytisos, Spanish Broom along with many others. Native to the Canary Islands, Scotch broom is a perennial shrub of the Leguminosae Family.  It reaches heights up to 10 feet and has stiff, angled, more or less erect, dark green, broom-like branches.  The bright yellow flowers are about ¾ inch long, shaped like pea flowers, and bloom from April to June.

The use of Scotch Broom for inebriating purposes is allegedly based upon the observations that sheep behave in an excited and peculiar manner after eating the plant.  Its common name is derived from the fact its branches were used to make brooms and witches are said to have made their flying brooms from this as well.  

Scotch Broom has been used by the Yaqui medicine men for its magical properties and used in association with witchcraft.

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