Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Helianthemum geniorum Maire |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous or glabrescent, leaves elliptic, flat, sepals elliptic-lanceolate, mucronate, petals equally long as sepals, flowers solitary, often cleistogamic |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Africa
Northern Africa (Algeria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CISTACEAE
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