| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymelaea argentea (Sm.) Endl. |
| Bibliography | Gen. Pl., Suppl.(2): 65 (1848) |
| Native Range | Greece to East Aegean Islands |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Altitude | 0-600m |
| Description | young branchlets sericeous-hirsute, leaves 10-18mm, obovate or narrowly oblong, obtuse, densely silvery sericeous, flowers of 2-5 in clusters, bracts numerous, minute, ovate |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Chlamydanthus argenteus (Sm.) C.A.Mey. Daphne argentea Sm. Thymelaea tarton-raira ssp. argentea (Sm.) Holboe Thymelaea tarton-raira var. argentea (Sm.) Airy Shaw & Turrill |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |