Helianthemum syriacum (Jacq.) Dum.-Cours.


Family	CISTACEAE
Genus species	Helianthemum syriacum (Jacq.) Dum.-Cours.
Bibliography	Bot. Cult. 3: 129 (1802)
Native Range	s. & e. Medit.
Primary Biome	Subtropical
Habitat	thickets and steppes
Altitude	0-1200m
Description	densely grey hirsute, leaves linear to lanceolate, 1-5cm long, revolute, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially grey-green, flowers 15-20mm across, in compact cyme
Size	30-50cm
Color	yellow
Bloom	spring, 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 lavandulifolius var. syriacus (Jacq.) Lam. Cistus syriacus Jacq. Cistus thibaudii (Pers.) Poir. Halimum syriacum (Dum.Cours.) K.Koch Helianthemum alyssoides ssp. cheiranthoides (Lam.) Nyman Helianthemum erectum Bubani Helianthemum fasciculi Greuter Helianthemum graecum Link ex Grosser Helianthemum lavandulifolium Desf. Helianthemum lavandulifolium var. corsicum Gren. Helianthemum lavandulifolium var. micranthum (Faure & Maire) Emb. & Maire Helianthemum lavandulifolium var. thibaudii (Pers.) DC. Helianthemum lavandulifolium ssp. thibaudii (Pers.) Arcang. Helianthemum lavandulifolium var. syriacum (Jacq.) Dunal Helianthemum ledifolum var. corsicum Gren. & Godr. Helianthemum ledifolium var. thibaudii (Pers.) Dunal Helianthemum racemosum var. micranthum Faure & Maire Helianthemum racemosum var. syriacum (Jacq.) Jahand. & Maire Helianthemum stoechadifolium Willk. Helianthemum stoechadifolium var. erectum Willk. Helianthemum stoechadifolium var. humile Willk. Helianthemum syriacum ssp. thibaudii (Pers.) Meikle Helianthemum thibaudii Pers.
Territory	1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, EAI East Aegean Is., PAL Palestine, TUR Turkey)