Fumana | |
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Fumana arabica, Mediterranean rockrose | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
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 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.[2] Fumana shrubs can be procumbent or erect.[3] Leaves tend to be very narrow and are almost always alternate. The genus consists of around 20 named species.[4]