Ulex parviflorus ssp. parviflorus-dominated formations of central-western Portugal, southern and eastern Spain and southern France and coastal North Africa, locally distributed on calcareous or siliceous substrates of the thermo-Mediterranean and lower meso-Mediterranean zones, occasionally ascending to higher elevations. Communities including the related Ulex parviflorus ssp. willkommii, Ulex baeticus and Ulex australis are listed under units F5.58, F5.5A and F5.5C, clearly meso-Mediterranean formations under unit F6.1H.