Halimium ocymoides (syn. Cistus algarvensis), the basil-leaved rock rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, native to Portugal and Spain in the Iberian Peninsula, and northern Morocco in Northwest Africa.[1] It is an erect evergreen shrub growing to 60cm (20inches) tall by 1000NaN0 wide, with woolly grey-green leaves and bright yellow flowers in spring. The flowers may have a dark brown blotch at the base of each petal.[2] [3]
In cultivation this plant requires a sandy soil and full sun.[4]