| Family | PRIMULACEAE |
| Genus species | Coris monspeliensis L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1 :177 (1753) |
| Native Range | w. & c. Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-1700m |
| Description | leaves linear, coriaceous, to 2cm long, leaves more or less involute, the upper sometimes sharply dentate, flowers 9-12mm across, in short dense raceme |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | rose, purple, blue |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Alus mediterranea Bubani Coris monspeliensis ssp. annua (Halácsy & Bald.) Arrigoni Coris monspeliensis var. annua Halácsy & Bald. Coris monspeliensis var. fontqueri Masclans Coris monspeliensis ssp. fontqueri Masclans Coris monspeliensis var. longispina Murb. Coris monspeliensis f. sublongispina Maire Coris purpurea St.-Lag. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, FRA France, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) |