Biology:Halimium ocymoides

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Short description: Species of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae

Halimium ocymoides
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Halimium
Species:
H. ocymoides
Binomial name
Halimium ocymoides
(Lam.) Willk.

Halimium ocymoides (syn. Cistus algarvensis), the basil-leaved rock rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, native to Portugal and Spain in the Iberian Peninsula, and northern Morocco in Northwest Africa.[1] It is an erect evergreen shrub growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall by 100 cm (3 ft) wide, with woolly grey-green leaves and bright yellow flowers in spring. The flowers may have a dark brown blotch at the base of each petal.[2][3]

In cultivation this plant requires a sandy soil and full sun.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5642348 entry