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(Last Modified On 10/1/2013)
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(Last Modified On 10/1/2013)
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Genus
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ULEX L.
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Contributor
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W. G. D'Arcy
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 741. 1753
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Note
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TYPE: U. europaeus L.
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Description
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Spiny shrubs, the spines consisting of sharp pointed shoot axes. Leaves most- ly alternate, linear, mostly indurate, spine-like (trifoliolate in juveniles). Inflo- rescences solitary in the leaf axils or clustered and paniculate, racemose or um- bellate; pedicels surmounted by a pair of bracteoles subtending the flowers. Flowers yellow, calyx persistent, 2-lipped to near the base, the upper lip 2-den- ticulate, the lower lip 3-denticulate; corolla yellow, persistent; stamens mona- delphous, the anthers oblong to linear (in the same flower); style slightly curved. Legume broad or narrow, pubescent, dehiscent, about as long as the calyx; seeds 1-6.
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Habit
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shrubs
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Reference
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Rothmaler, W. 1941. Revision der Genisteen. 1. Monographien der Gattungen um Ulex. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 72: 69-116.
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