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Ulex europaeus L., 1753

Common names

  • 🇬🇧 Gorse
  • 🇫🇷 Ajonc d’Europe, Zépinard des hauts, Genêt

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Clade: Tracheophytes
  • Clade: Angiosperms
  • Clade: Eudicots
  • Clade: Superrosids
  • Clade: Rosids
  • Clade: Fabids
  • Order: Fabales
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • Subfamily: Faboideae
  • Tribe: Genisteae
  • Genus: Ulex
  • Species: Ulex europaeus

Subspecies

Ulex europaeus subsp. europaeus
Ulex europaeus subsp. latebracteatus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

  • Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
  • Red List (Global & Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

  • U. europaeus subsp. europaeus L., 1753, P;
  • U. europaeus subsp. latebracteatus (Mariz) Rothm., 1941, I.

Hybridizes with U. minor Roth, 1797 to produce U. × lagrezii Rouy, 1897, P.

Photographs

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Ulex europaeus
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Ulex europaeus - Pods

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