Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Mill., 1768

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Common Rock-rose
• 🇫🇷 Hélianthème nummulaire, Hélianthème jaune, Hélianthème commun

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Malvids
• Order: Malvales
• Family: Cistaceae
• Tribe: Cisteae
• Genus: Helianthemum
• Species: Helianthemum nummularium

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• H. nummularium subsp. berteroanum (Bertol.) Breistr., 1947;
• H. nummularium subsp. glabrum (W.D.J.Koch) R.Wilczek, 1922;
• H. nummularium subsp. grandiflorum (Scop.) Schinz & Thell., 1909;
• H. nummularium nothosubsp. kerneri (Gottlieb & Janch. ex Janch.) Lambinon, 1978: subsp. grandiflorum × subsp. nummularium;
• H. nummularium subsp. lycaonicum Coode & Cullen, 1965;
• H. nummularium subsp. nummularium
  • var. nummularium (L.) Mill., 1768, P;
  • var. roseum (Willk.) C.K.Schneid., 1909;
• H. nummularium subsp. obscurum (Pers. ex Wahlenb.) Holub, 1964;
• H. nummularium subsp. pyrenaicum (Janch.) Schinz & Thell., 1925;
• H. nummularium subsp. tinetense (M.Mayor & Fern.Benito) Martín-Hernanz, Velayos, Albaladejo & Aparicio, 2021;
• H. nummularium subsp. tomentosum (Scop.) Schinz & Thell., 1909.

Hybridizes with:

• H. apenninum (L.) Mill., 1768 to produce H. × sulphureum Willd., 1814, P;
• H. hirtum (L.) Mill., 1768 to produce H. × digeneum Rouy & Foucaud, 1895, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 669). Biotope.