Common name:
Common rock-rose
Family:
Scientific name:
Helianthemum nummularium
Main flower color:
Range:
Most areas of the UK
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Dry, calcareous grassland and scrub
Flowers:
Up to 25 mm in diameter; five broad, obovate petals and three shorter, pointed, greenish, hairy sepals, recurved at maturity, in small, open clusters (up to ten heads) at the upper end of the hairy stalks. Petals are somewhat wrinkled
Leaves:
Opposite, ovate, up to 2 cm long, with a prominent centre vein, a sparse covering of appressed hairs on the upper surface, and woolly hairs below. Margins slightly rolled inwards. Large stipules at the base
Season:
June to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
