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Helianthemum (), known as rock rose, sunrose, rushrose, or frostweed, is a genus of about 110 species of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, especially in the Mediterranean.

Species

solroseslekta

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderMalvales
  5. FamilyCistaceae
Observations recorded648,603

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
2,686
With media
1,764
Family
Cistaceae
Collections
IBUNAM, GH, FCB-BUAP, INECOL, FC-UNAM, CIIDIR-IPN
Recorded in
Mexico

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Description
  • Ecology
  • Cultivation
  • Species
  • References
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Helianthemum (), known as rock rose, sunrose, rushrose, or frostweed, is a genus of about 110 species of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, especially in the Mediterranean.

New World species formerly classified as Helianthemum have been transferred to genus Crocanthemum.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Helianthemum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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