| Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
| Genus species | Thymelaea villosa (L.) Endl. |
| Bibliography | Gen. Pl., Suppl. 4(2): 66 (1848) |
| Native Range | s. Portugal to sw. Spain, Morocco |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 100-1300m |
| Description | young shoots, flowers and upper part of leaves long adpressed hirsute, leaves 10-13mm, oblong to narrowly elliptic, adaxially glabrous, flowers solitary, ebracteate |
| Size | 20-40cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Chlamydanthus villosus (L.) C.A.Mey. Daphne orientalis (Willd.) Steud. Daphne villosa L. Passerina orientalis Willd. Passerina tingitana Salzm. ex Meisn. Passerina villosa (L.) Wikstr. Pausia orientalis (Willd.) Raf. Stellera villosa (L.) Kuntze Thymelaea orientalis (Willd.) Meisn. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco) |