Fumana

Fumana
Fumana arabica, Mediterranean rockrose
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Fumana
(Dunal) Spach[1]

Fumana (needle sunrose) is a small genus of flowering plants in Cistaceae family. They are small perennial shrubs with five-lobed yellow flowers, native to rocky and sandy soils of Europe and wider Mediterranean region.[2] The genus consists of around 20 named species.[3]

List of species

References

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