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A walk through the Flowers
Ulex eropaeus Family: Leguminosae (Pea)
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[see also Broom Cytisus, Spanish Broom]
This shrub with its yellow flowers looks like broom. It doesn't have the sweet smell, however, and if you hike through it you'll discover the important difference: long, sharp spikes.
Flowers.
Mar-Sep.
Size.
2.5 m (v-tall)
Flower Blossom.
16-20 mm. Bright yellow.
Habitat.
Sandy areas (maquis), roadsides, hedgerows and cliffs. Gorse is much rarer than broom in the Beyond region, where it is replaced by the very low growing Spanish Gorse.
Similar Flowers
| Genista hispanica |
Spanish Gorse
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| Ulex parviflora |
Small-Flowered Gorse (Algeiras)
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| Genista scorpius |
Genista scorpius
Another spiny customer that you might run into(!) is the well named Genista scorpius. When it's few leaves drop, early in the year, nothing is left but a tangle of sharp thorns.
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