page_title: Helianthemum
section_title: Selected species
hierarchical_section_title: Helianthemum / Selected species
caption_attribution_description: Helianthemum apenninum
context_page_description: Helianthemum, known as rock rose, sunrose, rushrose, or frostweed, is a genus of about 110 species of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, especially in the Mediterranean.
  New World species formerly classified as Helianthemum have been transferred to genus Crocanthemum.
context_section_description: Species include:
  Helianthemum aegyptiacum
  Helianthemum almeriense
  Helianthemum apenninum – white rockrose
  Helianthemum asperum
  Helianthemum canariense
  Helianthemum canum – hoary rockrose
  Helianthemum caput-felis
  Helianthemum cinereum
  Helianthemum coulteri
  Helianthemum croceum
  Helianthemum guerrae
  Helianthemum hirtum
  Helianthemum hymettium
  Helianthemum jonium
  Helianthemum kahiricum
  Helianthemum lavandulifolium
  Helianthemum ledifolium
  Helianthemum leptophyllum
  Helianthemum lipii
  Helianthemum lunulatum
  Helianthemum marifolium
  Helianthemum morisianum
  Helianthemum nummularium – common rockrose
  Helianthemum oelandicum – alpine rockrose (syn. Helianthemum montanum)
  Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. alpestre (syn. H. alpestre)
  Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. italicum (syn. H. italicum)
  Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. oelandicum
  Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. orientale (syn. H. orientale)
  Helianthemum oelandicum subsp. rupifragum (syn. H. rupifragum)
  Helianthemum origanifolium
  Helianthemum pannosum
  Helianthemum papillare
  Helianthemum piliferum
  Helianthemum pilosum
  Helianthemum propinquum
  Helianthemum rossmaessler
  Helianthemum salicifolium
  Helianthemum sanguineum
  Helianthemum sessiliflorum
  Helianthemum songaricum
  Helianthemum squamatum
  Helianthemum stipulatum
  Helianthemum villosum
  Helianthemum virgatum
  Helianthemum viscarium
  Helianthemum viscidulum
caption: Helianthemum apenninum
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