Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Helianthemum vesicarium Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 50 (1849) |
Native Range | Tunisia to e. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | appresed grey hirsute, leaves linear or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, margins revolute, stipules linear, flowers in lax raceme, calyx in fruit vesicular-ventricose |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helianthemum roseum Ehrenb. ex Willk. Helianthemum virgatum var. vesicarium (Boiss.) E.A.Durand & Barratte |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) |