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Helianthemum nummularium (L.)Miller

HIGHER TAXON: Cistaceae

GENUS: Helianthemum Miller

Helianthemum nummularium (L.)Miller [14]
    Helianthemum chamaecistus Miller {Synonym} [14]
    Helianthemum vulgare Gaertn. {Synonym} [1]
  
PLACES: -
  Asia
  Europe
    England (N) [1]; Italy (N) [1]; Portugal (N) [1]
    Scotland (N) [1]; Spain (N) [1]; Wales (N) [1]
  Scandinavia
    Finland (N) [1]; Sweden (N) [1]
  
HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland [1], Chalk scrub [1]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 20 [1]
  Data reviewed?: 30 july 1994 [1]
  Flower colour: yellow [1]
  Habit: Herb [1]
  Hairiness: Hairy [1]
  Height: 10-20cm [1], 20-50cm [1]
  Leaf arrangement: opposite [1]
  Leaf shape: simple [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Chamaephyte - woody [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: june [1], july [1], august [1],
   september [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Pollinating agent: bee [1], fly [1], insect - other [1],
   selfed [1]
  Present in my garden: no

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]
  
USES: -
  
VERNACULAR:
Common Rockrose [1]
  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.

  Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
    Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

13.

  Rose,F.,1981
    The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

14.

  Stace,C.A.,1991
    A New Flora of the British Isles, Cambridge.

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