Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Helianthemum hymettium Boiss. & Heldr. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 1: 52 (1854) |
Native Range | s. Greece to Crete |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-2300m |
Description | appresed grey hirsute, basal leaves large, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acute, stem leaves smaller, ovate or oblong, flowers in raceme, calyx white lanate |
Size | 5-15cm |
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 rubellum var. lanceolatum Willk. Rhodax hymettius (Boiss. & Heldr.) Holub |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) |