Flora of the Hawaiian Islands
Dicotyledon Literature for Ulex europaeus
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999.
   Fabaceae -- The Pea Family Bibliography
      Ulex europaeus

Common name(s): furze, gorse, whin
General Information
DistributionNative to western Europe, cultivated as a hedge and fodder plant, widely naturalized.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Moloka`i, Maui, Hawai`i.















Habit
Many-branched shrubs to 6-20 dm tall; young branches usually terminating in a spine, younger parts somewhat glaucous and gray to reddish brown hirsute to tomentose.
Leaves
Phyllodes 4-14 mm long, usually spine-tipped.
Flowers
Calyx yellow, 12-16(-20) mm long, densely villous, persistent; corolla yellow, 15-20 mm long.
Fruit
Pods 11-20 mm long, 6-8 mm wide, slightly compressed, densely villous.
Seeds
Seeds 1-4, brownish green, reniform.
Chromosomes
2n = 64, 96