Ulex minor

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

It normally grows about 30 centimetres (10 in) tall, although in shaded, un

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.

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