Common rock-rose
Helianthemum nummularium (L.) Mill.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Little
- tall
- 51 cm
- wide
- 99 cm
Cistaceae
Also called Common Rock-rose
Formerly Cistus nummularius
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to IranKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from Wikipedia, one source
- Height
- 51 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Spread
- 99 cmRead from Plants for a Future, one source
- Water
- Little: takes droughtRead from Wikipedia, not yet checkedOne source. Checker: Wikipedia page does not state low: only says it likes dry sunny places, no watering needs
- Flowers
- White, yellow, redRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from Plants for a Future, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Dutch
- Geel zonneroosje, geel zonneroosje
- Czech
- devaterník penízkovitý
- German
- Gelbes Sonnenröschen, Gewöhnliches Sonnenröschen
- Finnish
- kultapäivännouto
- French
- hélianthème jaune
- Slovenian
- navadni popon
- Chinese
- 金钱半日花
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Plants for a Future, read 2026-10-26, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 2.5
- 3D model: Helianthemum nummularium (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.