Halimium
Genus of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Halimium (rockrose, false sun-rose, or halimium) is a genus of 12 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs in the family Cistaceae, closely related to Cistus. They are native to Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor, with the centre of diversity in the western Mediterranean region.
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Halimium | |
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Halimium calycinum | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Cistaceae |
Genus: | Halimium (Dunal) Spach |
Species | |
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The leaves are opposite, simple oval, 1–5 cm long and 0.5–2 cm broad, varying from glossy green to tomentose grey-green. The flowers are 1.5–4 cm diameter, with five petals, white or yellow; in some species the flowers are bicoloured with a dark red or brown basal spot on each petal to act as a nectar guide for pollinating insects.
- Selected species
- Halimium alyssoides
- Halimium atriplicifolium
- Halimium calycinum (syn. H. commutatum)[1]
- Halimium halimifolium
- Halimium lasianthum
- Halimium ocymoides
- Halimium umbellatum
- Halimium verticillatum
- Halimium viscosum