West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road). Western Gorse is very similar but is a greener plant and flowers not in the spring as here, but in the summer.

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (02/04/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road). Western Gorse is very similar but is a greener plant and flowers not in the spring as here, but in the summer.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road).

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (02/04/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road).

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road). It is a tall, shrubby plant.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road). And is very downy/hairy (unlike Western Gorse).

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (02/04/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road).

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (10/02/2023) Swains Farm Shop, Henfield, W Sussex (just opposite the main entrance).

Swains Farm Shop, Henfield, W Sussex (just opposite the main entrance). The anthers and the long thin style with stigma atop.

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (10/02/2023) Swains Farm Shop, Henfield, W Sussex (just opposite the main entrance). The anthers and the long thin style with stigma atop.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road). The spines are deeply grooved (Western Gorse only has moderatley grooved spines and they are less rigid than this and greener).

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (02/04/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex (fence by the first house on the right as you go down the lane from Henfield Road). The spines are deeply grooved (Western Gorse only has moderatley grooved spines and they are less rigid than this and greener).

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (24/08/2021) Tottington Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Suissex.

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (09/06/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex.

West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Developing seed pods the petals having withered and turned pale brown.

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (09/06/2022) West Mill Lane, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Developing seed pods the petals having withered and turned pale brown.

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (24/08/2021) Tottington Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Ripe seed pods about to open.

Common Gorse / Furze / Whin (Ulex europaeus) (24/08/2021) Tottington Wood, Small Dole, Henfield, W Sussex. Spent seed pod.