The tree became widely known due to SAKANOUE no Korenori's poem in "Kokin Wakashu" (A Collection of Ancient and Modern Japanese Poetry): 'Sonohara ya Fuseya ni ouru Hahakigi no Aritote yukedo Awanu Kimi kana (As the broom tree that grows by the lowly hut on Sonohara Plain, manifest to the eye, but beyond arms' reach are you, my love).'
『古今和歌集』の坂上是則の歌「園原や伏屋に生ふる帚木のありとてゆけど逢はぬ君かな」で広く知られることになった。