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Accession Data

Ulex europaeus

Common Name: Gorse, Furze, Prickly Broom

Family: Fabaceae

Country of Origin: Europe

Description: The plant is a dense, muchbranched, stunted shrub, rarely attaining a height of more than 6 feet. It is evergreen, but the leaves are very minute and fall off early, not being present in the older stages, when they take the form of long, thread-like spines, which are straight and furrowed, or branching. The stem is hairy and spreading.

Uses: The leaf-buds have been used as a substitute for tea and the flowers yield a beautiful yellow dye.

Accession Data

Accession #: 200700084

Accession Date: 2007-03-20

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2101

Quantity: 3

Source: Chiltern Seed

Provenance: 2007 Chiltern Catalog #1265A

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eurosid I

Order: Fabales

Family: Fabaceae

SubFamily: Faboideae

Tribe: Genisteae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.
  2. A Modern Herbal Website
  3. Ulex europaeus at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.

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