Dwarf Gorse

Ulex minor

TQ4793 26/08/2023 ©Raymond Small 

Perennial that grows up to a metre tall in heathland and scrub. It is a spiny-stemmed evergreen with winged, five-petalled pea-like flowers appearing at the end of branching stems from July until October. The round stems are hairy and the leaves are needle-shaped.

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