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Helianthemum apenninum

Appenine sun rose

Other common names
white rock rose
Synonyms
Cistus hirsutus Lam. 1779
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Botanical details
Family
Cistaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Helianthemum

Genus description

Helianthemum are bushy or spreading evergreen shrubs with small paired leaves and saucer-shaped flowers borne in short racemes in spring and early summer

Name status

Correct

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