Scientific Name: Helianthemum nummularium
Common Name: rock rose
Family Name: Cistaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Ground cover, Mixed shrub border, Rock garden, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Rocky or gravelly or dry, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: Cyme, White, Yellow, Pink, Red, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug-Sep
Key ID Features:
An evergreen trailing plant; leaves opposite, most lanceolate-elliptic, 2-4cm long x 5-9mm wide, gray-green, pubescent; flowers saucer-shaped in loose terminal clusters, bright white-yellow to pink-red, stamens bright orange and in tight cluster that is sensitive to touch (spread outwards to reveal the tall stigma in the middle).