Fumana Explained

Fumana (needle sunrose) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae. They are small perennial shrubs with five-lobed yellow flowers, native to rocky and sandy soils of Europe and wider Mediterranean region.^[1] Fumana shrubs can be procumbent or erect. Leaves tend to be very narrow and are almost always alternate. The genus consists of around 20 named species.^[2]

List of species

• Fumana aciphylla
• Fumana arabica
• Fumana bonapartei
• Fumana ericifolia
• Fumana ericoides
• Fumana fontanesii
• Fumana fontqueri
• Fumana grandiflora
• Fumana × heywoodii
• Fumana juniperina
• Fumana lacidulemiensis
• Fumana laevipes
• Fumana laevis
• Fumana oligosperma
• Fumana paphlagonica
• Fumana procumbens
• Fumana scoparia
• Fumana thymifolia
• Fumana trisperma

External links

• • Photo gallery of Fumana species at Flora Italiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sprawling Needle Sunrose.
2. Web site: Fumana . The Plant List.