Ulex minor, Roth

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 102

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.293200

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B0402C-FFB9-E310-F8B2-FADFDC71F7A8

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Ulex minor
status

 

2. U. minor Roth View in CoL , Catalecta Bot. 1: 83 (1797)

( U. nanus T. F. Forster ex Symons ).

10-100(-150) cm, with main stems often procumbent; young twigs and spines not glaucous. Twigs hirsute with reddish-brown hairs. Primary phyllodes c. 5 mm, villous, scarcely pungent; secondary phyllodes more than half as long as lateral spines. Spines usually slender and rather weak, straight or slightly curved, villous at base, the terminal mostly 8-15 mm. Bracteoles c. 0-5 mm wide. Calyx 6—9-5(— 11) mm, appressedpubescent. Petals clear yellow; wings and keel equal, about equalling calyx; standard 1-2 mm longer than calyx. Legume c. 8 mm, villous. Seeds 2-6. Flowers in late summer and autumn. 2zi= 32. • W. Europe, northwards to England. Br Ga Hs Lu [Az].

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fabales

Family

Fabaceae

Genus

Ulex

Loc

Ulex minor

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A. 1981
1981
Darwin Core Archive (for parent article) View in SIBiLS Plain XML RDF