| Family | CISTACEAE |
| Genus species | Crocanthemum canadense (L.) Britton |
| Bibliography | Ill. Fl. N. U.S. [N.L.Britton & A.Brown] ed. 2. 2: 540 (1913) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to nc. & e. USA, n. Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | stony grassland |
| Altitude | 0-700m |
| Description | branchlets ascendent, leaves 1-3cm long, ca. 5mm wide, adaxially green, abaxially blue-grey, densely tomentose, flowers 2-3cm across, solitary |
| Size | 25-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Cistus canadensis L. Cistus ramuliflorus Poir. Cistus virgatus Thiebaud ex Dunal Crocanthemum majus (L.) Britton Halimium canadense (L.) Grosser Helianthemum canadense (L.) Michx. Helianthemum canadense var. sabulorum Fernald Helianthemum corymbosum Pursh Helianthemum majus (L.) Britton, Stern & Pogg. Helianthemum ramuliflorum Michx. Heteromeris canadensis (L.) Spach Heteromeris cymosa Spach Heteromeris michauxii Spach Lechea major L. Trichasterophyllum canadense (L.) Farw. Trichasterophyllum majus (L.) Farw. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, IOW Iowa, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, INI Indiana, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |