Tuberaria guttata (L.) Fourr.

European frostweed (en), Hélianthème taché (fr), Tubéraire tachetée (fr), Grille-midi (fr), Hélianthème tacheté (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Cistaceae > Tuberaria

Characteristics

Leaf blades elliptic to obovate (proximal) or lanceolate-linear to linear, 10–50(–75) × (2–)5–10(–18) mm, margins of distals sometimes revolute, surfaces hairy, hairs mixed: white and relatively long, white and in tufts, and red and relatively short. Pedicels 5–15 mm. Flowers: sepals 1–4 mm, villous; petals creamy yellow to yellow, usually brown to purple proximally, mostly obovate to rounded-cuneate, 4–10+ mm, apices truncate, erose to fimbrillate. Capsules 4–6 mm, villous. 2n = 36 (Europe).
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination
Spread epizoochory
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Mature height (meter) 0.08 - 0.3
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

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Usage

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Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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Images

Habit

Tuberaria guttata habit picture by Sergio-OMA (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata habit picture by Patrice Nodet (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata habit picture by Raffaello 2 Garofalo (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Tuberaria guttata leaf picture by Jean-Francois Julien (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata leaf picture by Guillaume SILANDE (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata leaf picture by Martin Bishop (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Tuberaria guttata flower picture by Zugna Fulvio (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata flower picture by Richard Olivier (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata flower picture by Blanca Antonio (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Tuberaria guttata fruit picture by Jean-Francois Julien (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata fruit picture by Mallol Camprubí Albert (cc-by-sa)
Tuberaria guttata fruit picture by Sylvain Piry (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Tuberaria guttata world distribution map, present in France

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:169408-1
WFO ID wfo-0000406595
COL ID 59J63
BDTFX ID 69921
INPN ID 127901
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Tuberaria variabilis Tuberaria villosissima Tuberaria patula Xolantha discolor Tuberaria glomerata Tuberaria discolor Tuberaria gallaecica Tuberaria guttata Therocistus glomeratus Cistus foetidus Cistus splendens Xolanthes racemosa Xolanthes guttatus Xolantha villosissima Xolantha lanceolata Helianthemum discolor Helianthemum guttatum Helianthemum heterodoxum Helianthemum littorale Helianthemum variabile Cistus immaculatum Cistus guttatus Cistus obscurus Cistus piluliferus Cistus sampsucifolius Cistus sulphureus Helianthemum eriocaulon Helianthemum imbricatum Helianthemum patulum Helianthemum punctatum Helianthemum villosissimum Therocistus guttatus Helianthemum serratum Helianthemum breweri Cistus racemosus Cistus serratus Tuberaria perennis Tuberaria annua Cistus cistifolius Cistus lanceolatus Cistus serratifolius Helianthemum semistipulatum Tuberaria guttata subsp. inconspicua Xolantha glomerata Xolantha racemosa Cistus teretifolius Tuberaria guttata subsp. discolor