Species of flowering plant in the pea and bean family Fabaceae
Ulex minor
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Genus:
Ulex
Species:
U. minor
Binomial name
Ulex minor
Roth.
Ulex minor, the dwarf furze or dwarf gorse is an evergreen dwarf shrub in the family Fabaceae, native to eastern England, France, Spain and Portugal. It is restricted to lowland heathland habitats.
It normally grows about 30 centimetres (10 in) tall, although in shaded, ungrazed conditions it may reach 1 metre (40 in). It is a low-growing shrub, forming small bushes or often growing mingled with heather. The leaves are limited to scales or small spines, and the shoots are modified into rather soft, green, densely crowded spines, about 1 cm (0.4 in) long.
The flowers are yellow, 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) long, with the typical pea-flower structure; they are produced principally in the late summer and autumn, rarely before July. The fruit is a legume (pod), partly enclosed by the pale brown remnants of the flower.
Due to its relatively soft spines, dwarf furze is readily grazed by livestock and wild herbivores.
The distributions of dwarf furze and its close relative western gorse (Ulex gallii) hardly overlap, even in similar habitats.
Taxon identifiers
Ulex minor
Wikidata: Q793774
Wikispecies: Ulex minor
APDB: 148278
CoL: 7DG7X
EoL: 704162
EPPO: ULEMI
EUNIS: 171091
GBIF: 2951968
GRIN: 311180
iNaturalist: 338109
IPNI: 524331-1
IRMNG: 10177570
ITIS: 505622
IUCN: 83827889
NBN: NBNSYS0000003213
NCBI: 183318
NZOR: 2e6a5012-5ae5-4fa0-9e70-a4c37906f922
NZPCN: 2583
Observation.org: 134359
Open Tree of Life: 664542
Plant List: ild-9095
PLANTS: ULMI3
POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:524331-1
SANBI: 354-2
WFO: wfo-0000214037
WoRMS: 993807
^Buira, A., Carapeto, A., García Murillo, P.G. & Monteiro-Henriques, T. (2017). "Ulex minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T83827889A86136481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T83827889A86136481.en. Retrieved 17 January 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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