Tuberaria guttata (L.) Fourr., 1868

Common names

🇬🇧 Spotted Rock-rose
🇫🇷 Tubéraire tachetée, Hélianthème taché, Grille-midi, Hélianthème tacheté

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Clade: Rosids
Clade: Malvids
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Tuberaria
Species: Tuberaria guttata

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern

Notes

The petals usually have dark basal spots, but these can be absent.

Possible confusion of the spotless individuals with Tuberaria praecox (Salzm. ex Boiss. & Reut.) Grosser, 1903, which is only present in Corsica.

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

T. guttata subsp. bupleurifolia (Lam.) Mendonça & Vasc., 1958;
T. guttata subsp. guttata (L.) Fourr., 1868, P.

Photographs

img/tuberaria-guttata.webp — Tuberaria guttata

img/tuberaria-guttata-2.webp — Tuberaria guttata

img/tuberaria-guttata-3.webp — Tuberaria guttata

img/tuberaria-guttata-4.webp — Tuberaria guttata

img/tuberaria-guttata-5.webp — Tuberaria guttata

img/tuberaria-guttata-6.webp — Tuberaria guttata

img/tuberaria-guttata-7.webp — Tuberaria guttata - Cauline leaves

Sources

Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 671). Biotope.