Genista pilosa, commonly known as hairy greenweed, silkyleaf broom, silkyleaf woadwaxen and creeping broom, is a plant species in the genus Genista. It is tall and has green coloured stems. It has yellowish coloured flowers which grow in 1âÂÂ3 pairs. It grows in western and central Europe in poor, dry, sandy, and stony soils.