| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymelaea hirsuta (L.) Endl. |
| Bibliography | Gen. Pl., Suppl. 4(2): 65 (1848) |
| Native Range | Medit. |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | sands and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-600m |
| Description | procumbent to erect, leaves evergreen, dense, imbricate, lanceolate to broadly ovate, 3-8mm, coriaceous, adaxially hirsute, flowers to 5mm, outside white hirsute, in clusters |
| Size | 40-100cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | early spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | shrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Chlamydanthus hirsutus (L.) Griseb. Giardia hirsuta (L.) C.Gerber Lachnaea hirsuta (L.) Crantz Passerina hirsuta L. Passerina hirsuta var. linearis Pau ex M.Vidal Passerina hirsuta var. vestita Gren. & Godr. Passerina metnan Forssk. Passerina polygalifolia Lapeyr. Passerina telonensis Gand. Piptochlamys hirsuta (L.) C.A.Mey. Sanamunda tomentosa Zumag. Stellera hirsuta (L.) Oken Tartonia ovatifolia Raf. Thymelaea hirsuta var. angustifolia Meisn. Thymelaea hirsuta f. glauca H.Lindb. Thymelaea hirsuta var. microphylla A.Reyn. Thymelaea hirsuta var. polygalifolia (Lapeyr.) Endl. Thymelaea hirsuta var. rotundifolia Meisn. Thymelaea hirsuta var. vulgaris Meisn. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, COR Corse, FRA France, POR Portugal, SAR Sardegna, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, ITA Italy, KRI Kriti, SIC Sicilia, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |