Carmichaelia (New Zealand brooms) is a genus of 24 plant species belonging to Fabaceae, the legume family.

[4][5] The genera Carmichaelia, Clianthus (kakabeak), Montigena (scree pea) and Swainsona comprise the clade Carmichaelinae.

[3] Carmichaelia is named after Captain Dugald Carmichael, a Scottish army officer and botanist who studied New Zealand plants.

[5][2] Carmichaelia ranges in form from trees to prostrate species a few centimetres high.

[5] Mature plants are usually leafless, their leaves replaced by stipules which have fused into scales.