National Botanic Garden of Wales, United Kingdom

Common name: cor-rosyn, rock rose 'Cheviot'

Family: Cistaceae (Rock-rose)

Distribution: Gardd/Garden

Hardiness: (H4) Hardy-average winter -10 to -5°C (USDA 8b/9a)

Life form: Evergreen perennial • Bytholwyrdd lluosflwydd

Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Helianthemum (hee-lee-AN-thee-mum): Sun flower; from Greek hēlios- (sun) and -anthemon (flower), turning towards the sun.

Description: A low-growing, spreading, evergreen shrub to 20cm high with small, greyish-green leaves and bearing pale orange to pinkish, saucer-shaped flowers with yellow eyes from late spring into summer.