Helianthemum nummularium

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Helianthemum nummularium
Helianthemum nummularium subsp. glabrum
Helianthemum nummularium subsp. glabrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malvales
Family: Cistaceae
Genus: Helianthemum
Species: H. nummularium
Binomial name
Helianthemum nummularium
(L.) Mill.

Helianthemum nummularium (Common Rockrose) is a species of rockrose, native to most of Europe.

There are eight subspecies:

  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. nummularium. Widespread.
  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. berterianum. Italy, southeast France.
  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. glabrum. Central and southern Europe.
  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. grandiflorum. Central and southern Europe.
  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. obscurum. Eastern Europe.
  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. pyrenaicum. Pyrenees.
  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. semiglabrum. Italy, southeast France.
  • Helianthemum nummularium subsp. tomentosum. Southern Europe.

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