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Ulex europaeus L.
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily Faboideae
Common name: Furze, Gorse

Ulex europaeus L. APNI*

Description: Erect or ascending, spiny shrub, to 2 m high; stems striate, densely hairy with long and short spreading hairs, ± glaucous when young.

Phyllodes linear, mostly 8–30 mm long, spiny, grooved lengthwise, glabrous to pubescent.

Flowers usually solitary, axillary; pedicels 5–7 mm long; bracts c. 2 mm long, yellow, persistent; bracteoles ovate, c. 3 mm long, 2–4 mm wide. Calyx 12–16 mm long, yellowish, densely hairy. Corolla yellow, 15–20 mm long.

Pod oblong, 10–20 mm long, densely hairy; seeds 2.5–3 mm long, brownish, shiny, aril white.


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Flowering: mostly spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Cultivated for hedges and as an ornamental, widely naturalized.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *CT, *CWS, *SWS, *SWP
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
AVH map***

A double-flowered, infertile form has been recorded from the Orange district (CT).

Text by C. Gardener
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


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