Ulex parviflorus seeds grow into the small-flowered gorse or Mediterranean gorse — a densely spiny, evergreen shrub native to the Mediterranean biome of the western Mediterranean basin, from Spain and southern France south through the Balearic Islands to north-western Africa (Morocco, Algeria), growing on rocky limestone garrigue, coastal cliffs and scrubland. Described by Pourr. (Pierre André Pourret, 1754–1818, French botanist). The epithet parviflorus means 'small-flowered' (from Latin parvus = small + flos = flower), referring to the smaller flowers compared to U. europaeus. Produces masses of golden-yellow, fragrant pea flowers (smaller than common gorse) in winter to spring; dense, impenetrably spiny growth. A nitrogen-fixing legume of Mediterranean garrigue and coastal scrub. Family Fabaceae.Full sun; very well-drained, poor, rocky or calcareous soils; drought-tolerant; warm Mediterranean conditions. 'Parviflorus' = small-flowered (smaller flowers than U. europaeus); Pourr. (1754–1818); golden-yellow fragrant pea flowers Densely impenetrably spiny; nitrogen-fixing; Mediterranean garrigue and coastal cliff specialist Spain, S. France, Balearics, Morocco — Mediterranean biome; rocky limestone garrigue and coastal scrub Genus Ulex: ~20 species; W. Europe and N. Africa; Family Fabaceae (Papilionoideae); Order Fabales Full sun; well-drained poor rocky calcareous soils; drought-tolerant; warm Mediterranean; Family Fabaceae Ulex parviflorus — the small-flowered gorse — is the Mediterranean counterpart of the Atlantic common gorse: a densely spiny, drought-tolerant, nitrogen-fixing shrub of the western Mediterranean garrigue and coastal cliffs, producing masses of golden-yellow fragrant flowers in winter to spring.IMPORTANT: Pictures show the adult plant, which is not for sale. The offer is only for seeds.
