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Family: Fabaceae
Western Gorse Ulex gallii Flowering time: July-September. Evergreen shrub. Grows on infertile acidic heaths, upland grasslands, sea cliffs and wasteground. Very common west of a line from Dorchester > Nottingham > Edinburgh and on the coast of East Anglia. Golden-yellow flowers in lateral clusters on a low, spreading, spiny shrub, spines less grooved than those of Gorse/Furze, Ulex europaeus. Young plants have leaves with three leaflets (ternate). Height to 1.5m. Intermediate between Gorse, U. europaeus and Dwarf Gorse, U. minor. |
Western Gorse, Ulex gallii