Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Helianthemum geniorum Maire |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 15 (1929) |
Native Range | s. Algeria |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
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 |
Synonyms | Helianthemum geniorum var. grandiflorum Quézel |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria) |