BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
Ulex gallii Planchon (Western Gorse)
| Similar species | Ulex gallii and Ulex europaeus are morphologically very similar. The simplest way to distinguish them is by the flowering times: U. gallii: flowers late summer and autumn (7-9) whereas U. europaeus flowers winter and spring (3-6) and may even be out by Christmas. |
Records (and photo sets)
| Taxon | Summary | Date | Vice-county | Country |  |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulex gallii | Plant | 10 September 2003 | West Cornwall | England | 15 | 2 |
| Ulex gallii | In flower | 2 August 1971 | South Devon | England | 2 |
Suggested Literature
Ulex gallii may be covered by literature listed under:
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BIOTA (living things) |
Eukaryota (eukaryotes) |
PLANTAE (plants) |
SPERMATOPHYTA (vascular plants) |
MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
Ulex (gorses) |
Feeding and other inter-species relationships
Associated with Ulex gallii:
| branchlet (dead) | dead branchlet is decayed by thyriothecium | Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii - a fly speck fungus (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| leaf (dead) | dead leaf is decayed by thyriothecium | Microthyrium cytisi var. ulicis-gallii - a fly speck fungus (Microthyriales: Microthyriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| spine | spine is foodplant of erumpent pycnidium of Coniothyrium coelomycetous anamorph | Coniothyrium sphaerospermum - a coelomycete (Pleosporales: Leptosphaeriaceae) | Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | ||
| stem | stem is galled by larva | Apion scutellare - a seed weevil (Coleoptera: Apionidae) | 
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Morris, M.G., 1990 |
Ulex gallii may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level
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MAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants) |
MAGNOLIIDAE (dicotyledonous flowering plants) |
FABACEAE (vetches, peas and beans - formerly Leguminosae or Papilionaceae) |
Ulex (gorses) |
References
| Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1997 | Microfungi on Land Plants: An Identification Handbook |
| Morris, M.G., 1990 | Orthocerous Weevils |
