Fumana (needle sunrose) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are small perennial shrubs with five-lobed yellow flowers, native to rocky and sandy soils of Europe and wider Mediterranean region. Fumana shrubs can be procumbent or erect. Leaves tend to be very narrow and are almost always alternate.
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Fumana (needle sunrose) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are small perennial shrubs with five-lobed yellow flowers, native to rocky and sandy soils of Europe and wider Mediterranean region. Fumana shrubs can be procumbent or erect. Leaves tend to be very narrow and are almost always alternate.
==Species== 19 species, and several interspecific hybrids, are accepted. Fumana aciphylla Fumana arabica Fumana bonapartei Fumana ericoides Fumana fontanesii Fumana fontqueri Fumana grandiflora Fumana × heywoodii Fumana juniperina Fumana lacidulemiensis Fumana laevipes Fumana laevis Fumana × neverensis Fumana oligosperma Fumana paphlagonica Fumana paradoxa Fumana procumbens Fumana × quartensis Fumana scoparia Fumana thymifolia Fumana trisperma Fumana × vilanovensis Fumana viridis Fumana × zafrensis
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