Ulex europaeus
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Ulex europaeus, commonly known as gorse, common gorse, furze or whin, is a species of flowering plant native to Western Europe.
Ulex europaeus Mynydd Carningli flowers
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A shrub
Ulex
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Ulex is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises about twenty species of thorny evergreen shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae. The species are n
Ulex europaeus
…small blackish, shiny, hard seeds, which are ejected when the pod splits open in hot weather. Seeds remain viable for 30 years. Like many species of gorse, it is often a fire-climax plant, which readily catches fire but re-grows from the roots after the fire; the seeds are also adapted to germinate after…
Whin or Gorse
Fruiting at Mallaig, Scotland
Ulex europaeus
Ulex landscape around Corral Bay in Southern Chile