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''Fumana'' (needle sunrose) is a small
genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of flowering plants in the family
Cistaceae The Cistaceae are a small family of plants (rock-rose or rock rose family) known for their beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom. This family consists of about 170(-200) species in eight genera that are ...
. They are small perennial shrubs with five-lobed yellow flowers, native to rocky and sandy soils of Europe and wider
Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea ( ) is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the east by the Levant in West Asia, on the north by Anatolia in West Asia and Southern ...
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 laevipes'' is a species of shrub in the family Cistaceae The Cistaceae are a small family of plants (rock-rose or rock rose family) known for their beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom. Thi ...
'' * '' Fumana laevis'' * '' Fumana × neverensis'' * '' Fumana oligosperma'' * ''
Fumana paphlagonica ''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 ...
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Fumana paradoxa ''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 ...
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Fumana procumbens ''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 ...
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Fumana × quartensis ''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 ...
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Fumana scoparia ''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 ...
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Fumana thymifolia ''Fumana thymifolia'', the thyme leaved fumana, is a species of shrub in the family Cistaceae The Cistaceae are a small family of plants (rock-rose or rock rose family) known for their beautiful shrubs, which are profusely covered by flowers ...
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Fumana trisperma ''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 ...
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Fumana × vilanovensis ''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 ...
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Fumana viridis ''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 ...
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Fumana × zafrensis ''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 ...
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References


External links

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Photo gallery of ''Fumana'' species
at Flora Italiana Malvales genera Flora of the Palearctic realm Taxa described in 1836 Taxa named by Édouard Spach {{Malvales-stub