Fabaceae
Common gorse
Ulex europaeus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Ulex
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Common names
By language (40)
- Arabic
- جولق شائع, جولق أوروبي
- Asturian
- Calva, Cábada, Cábadu, Mota, Árgoma machu, Cádabu
- Azerbaijani
- Avropa uleksi
- Bangla
- ইউলেক্স ইউরোপিয়াস
- Basque
- Ote zuri
- Breton
- Lann-gallek
- Cantonese
- 荊豆, 荊荳
- Catalan
- Gatosa europea
- Chinese
- 荆豆
- Czech
- Hlodáš evropský
- Danish
- Almindelig Tornblad
- Dutch
- Gaspeldoorn
- English
- Common gorse, Gorse, Yellow gorse
- Esperanto
- Eŭropa ulekso
- Finnish
- Euroopanpiikkiherne, Piikkiherne
- French
- Ajonc deurope, Ajonc d'Europe, Ajonc épineux, Grand Ajonc
- Galician
- Toxo arnal
- German
- Gaspeldorn, Gewöhnlicher Stechginster
- hsb
- Kałalc, Kałaty pócćiw
- Hungarian
- Európai sünzanót, Tövis zanót, Villogó sün-rekettye
- Igbo
- Common gorse
- Irish
- Aiteann gallda, Aiteann, Aiteann francach
- Japanese
- ハリエニシダ
- kw
- Eythin
- Māori
- Kōti
- nds
- Doornestruke
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Gulltorn
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Gulltorn
- nrm
- Geon, Jaon, Jaun
- pcd
- Jonmàrin, Jocjanmé, Pleumé`d màré, Ramon·néte às picos, Zomàrin
- Persian
- اولکس فرنگی
- Polish
- Kolcolist zachodni
- Russian
- Утёсник европейский
- sco
- Whin
- Slovak
- Cezmína európska
- Spanish
- Aliaga, Abolaga, Abulaga, Albar, Albolaga, Albulaga, Alisapa, Arbolaga
- Swedish
- Ärttörne
- Ukrainian
- Улекс європейський
- Walloon
- Djiniesse ås spenes, Djniesse ås spenes
- Welsh
- Eithinen Ffrengig
Synonyms
- Genista europaea (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Ulex europaea L.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to December (from 3,360 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Murray Dawson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: B. Phalan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jon Sullivan, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andy Rogers, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: earl woolsey, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ross McCallum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stephen James McWilliam, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Len Worthington, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.