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Ulex minor - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2004 © Jörn Germer

Ulex minor - Flowering branch - Click to enlarge!

Flowering branch; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2004 © Jörn Germer

Ulex minor - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Celeirós, Braga, Portugal; 1/2004 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 29
Date of entry: 09.11.2005
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Dwarf Gorse

German: Zwerg-Stechginster

Portuguese: Tojo-molar

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Fabales (244)

        Family: Fabaceae (244)(family description)

          Genus: Ulex (3)

            Epithet: minor Roth (6)

Synonyms: Ulex nanus Symons, Ulex spartioides (Webb) Nyman

minor => smaller, lesser

nanus => dwarf

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: yellow

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