Dwarf Gorse

Dwarf Gorse, Stoborough Heath, Dorset

Branch with flowers

Individual flower

Flowering spike and arching stem

Hairy stem, flower buds, spines

Spine with shallow grooves
Ulex minor
Dwarf Furze
Fabaceae
July to October
In the north, flowering begins later, in September.
It occurs mainly south of the Thames from Kent to
east Dorset.
It is also found in parts of the Peak District and
near Carlisle in Cumbria.
See the BSBI distribution map for Dwarf Gorse
It grows on heaths, heathland scrub and unmanaged
acid grassland
Dwarf Gorse is a native, nitrogen-fixing, spiny, low
growing, spreading shrub, growing up to 1m.
Flowers are a paler yellow and smaller (up to 1cm)
than in Gorse or Western Gorse.
Spines are numerous, up to 1cm, and very slightly
grooved.
The stems are prostrate or arching, ridged and hairy.
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