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Spartium junceum L.
Small leafed, three foot or so perennial shrub with yellow, 3" to 4" flowers and very similar in shape to a common snapdragon
West coast mountains, Mt. Baldy, Southern California It is native to the interior areas of southern California, west of the mountains where it blooms in early summer.
This is actually an invasive plant called Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum) that is common in the mountains of southern California.