''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.
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* '' 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 ...
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* '' 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
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