Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Helianthemum caput-felis Boiss. |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-200m |
Description | branchlets densely tomentose, leaves 6-15mm long, broadly elliptic to lanceolate, thick, densely tomentose, cymes compact, few flowered, sepals villose, petals 9-12mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub |
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 |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Baleares , Spain ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CISTACEAE
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