| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymelaea hirsuta (L.) Endl. |
| Synonyms | Passerina hirsuta L. |
| Passerina metnan Forssk. | |
| Passerina polygalifolia Lapeyr. | |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-600m |
| Description | procumbent to erect, leaves evergreen, dense, imbricate, lanceolate to broadly ovate, 3-8mm, coriaceous, adaxially hirsute, flowers to 5mm, outside white hirsute, in clusters |
| Size | 40-100cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | autumn, winter |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | open site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Baleares , Corse , France , Portugal , Sardegna , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Albania , Greece , Italy , Kriti , Sicilia , Turkey-in-Europe , Yugoslavia ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Egypt , Libya , Morocco , Tunisia ) Asia-Temperate Western Asia (Cyprus , East Aegean Is. , Lebanon-Syria , Palestine , Sinai , Turkey) |
| Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
| Comments | THYMELAEACEAE
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