| English | broom | | | 1 | Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource). |
| English | broomtops | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| English | common broom | | | 1 | Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. |
| English | English broom | | | 1 | Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource). |
| English | European broom | | | 1 | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| English | Irish broom | | | 1 | 1961. Webster's third new international dictionary. |
| English | Scotch broom | | but this adjective is best avoided, may cause offence in Scotland | 1 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| English | Scottish broom | | | 1 | Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage |
| Afrikaans | Skotse brem | | | 2 | Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12 |
| English (Canada) | Scotch broom | | Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 141-142. |
| French | genêt à balais | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| French (Canada) | genêt à balais | | Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel | 2 | Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 141-142. |
| German | Besenginster | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Italian | amaracciole | | | 2 | International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. |
| Italian | emero scornabecco | | | 2 | International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. |
| Italian | ginestra dei carbonai | | | 2 | International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. |
| Portuguese | giesta | | | 2 | Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants |
| Swedish | har-ris | | | 2 | Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) |
| Transcribed Chinese | jin que hua | | | 2 | Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). |