Genista canariensis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, known by the common names Canary broom, Canary Islands broom or florist's genista.

[2] It is native to the Canary Islands, but it grows as an introduced species in mainland Europe, especially Spain, and on other continents.

The leaves are made up of oval-shaped blue-green leaflets each up to a centimeter long and densely hairy on the undersides.

The fruit is a legume pod one to two centimeters long containing several dark brown seeds.

In cultivation in the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.