BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Ulex gallii Planchon (Western Gorse)

Date: 10 September 2003
Location: West Cornwall, England
State: Plant
Identification Notes: Calyx length (lower sepal) 8.5, 8.5, 8, 9, 9, 9, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9 (8-9mm)
Calyx teeth divergent.
Wings longer than keel.
Primary spines long.
Identification based on long primary spines and location, (all other characters point to U. minor, but this has not been unrecorded in Cornwall)

Images etc

naked eye photograph Branch - close-up 251 by 500 pixels
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naked eye photograph Flower - on stem - enlarged 500 by 228 pixels
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naked eye photograph Flowering branch 500 by 366 pixels
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naked eye photograph Flowers - enlarged 500 by 371 pixels
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naked eye photograph Needle - enlarged 500 by 232 pixels
naked eye photograph Needle - enlarged 500 by 258 pixels
naked eye photograph Needles - enlarged 500 by 341 pixels
naked eye photograph Stem - close-up - enlarged 500 by 415 pixels
naked eye photograph Stem tip - enlarged 500 by 438 pixels

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