Spanish Gorse - Genista hispanica
A spiny, gorse-like deciduous shrub with green stems and spines and leafy flowering shoots bearing terminal clusters of bright yellow flowers.
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Sometimes included in municipal planting. This species can escape to become naturalised in bare, untended areas.
Flowers in late spring and early summer.
Deciduous shrub.
Occasionally occurs as a naturalised escape in various parts of Briain.
Infrequently recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge, near the Cinnamon Tree
03 June 2023
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge, near the Cinnamon Tree
03 June 2023
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge, near the Cinnamon Tree
03 June 2023
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge, near the Cinnamon Tree
09 October 2022
sue
Nailstone, Wood Rd verge, near the Cinnamon Tree
08 April 2023
David Nicholls
Leicester, Meynells Gorse PkandRide
02 May 2023
David Nicholls
Leicester, Meynells Gorse PkandRide
02 May 2023
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- Common names
- Spanish Gorse
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
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- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 09/10/2022 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 03/06/2023 (Timms, Sue)
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