View source for Ulex ← Ulex You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Ulex |accepted_authority=Linnaeus |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Sp. Pl. |place=2: 741. 1753 |year=1753 }} |common_names=Gorse |special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status |code=I |label=Introduced }} |basionyms= |synonyms= |hierarchy=Fabaceae;Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae;Ulex |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fabaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ulex]]</div></div> |etymology=Latin ulicis, ancient name for prickly rosemary-like shrub used for arresting gold pieces carried by running water, applied to present taxon |volume=Volume 11 |mention_page= |treatment_page= }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs,</b> heavily armed. <b>Stems</b> erect, extensively branched from base, striate, shoots modified to thorns, 1–3 cm, new growth glaucous, older stems hirsute to tomentose, hairs gray to red-brown. <b>Leaves</b> persistent, alternate, unifoliolate or odd-pinnate (3-foliolate in seedlings), leaflets gradually reduced to phyllodes; stipules absent; petiolate; phyllodes spinelike, surfaces pubescent. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1–5-flowered, axillary, usually clusters, rarely short racemes; bracts absent; bracteoles 2, immediately subtending calyx. <b>Flowers</b> papilionaceous; calyx bilabiate, lobes 5, abaxial lip 3-lobed, adaxial lip 2-lobed; corolla yellow; stamens 10, monadelphous; anthers dorsifixed; ovary sessile; style incurved, glabrous. <b>Fruits</b> legumes, partly enclosed by calyx, pedicellate, slightly compressed, ovoid, oblong, or linear, dehiscent, densely villous. <b>Seeds</b> 1–6, reniform. <b>x</b> = 16.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=w Europe;n Africa;introduced also in South America;c;n Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand);Australia. |introduced=true |discussion=<p>Species ca. 20 (1 in the flora).</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Ulex |author=Debra K. Trock |authority=Linnaeus |rank=genus |parent rank=subfamily |synonyms= |basionyms= |family=Fabaceae |distribution=w Europe;n Africa;introduced also in South America;c;n Europe;Asia;Africa;Pacific Islands (Hawaii;New Zealand);Australia. |introduced=true |reference=None |publication title=Sp. Pl. |publication year=1753 |special status=Introduced |source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/master/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V11/V11_544.xml |subfamily=Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae |genus=Ulex }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Fabaceae subfam. Faboideae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Fabaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Special status (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Ulex.