Pink sunrose (Helianthemum vesicarium)

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Naming

English: pink sunrose, sun-rose, sunrose

Hebrew with Vowels: שִׁמְשׁוֹן הָדוּר

Helianthemum vesicarium Helianthemum vesicarium is a beautiful desert/semi desert shrublet. Usually it blooms in pink. in the higher elevations in the Negev it gets a variety of colors, from white, through every shade of pink, to crimson.
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Distribution

Philistean Plain (Rare)
Samaria (V. Rare)
Samarian Desert (Rare)
Shefela (Common)
Judean Mountains (V. Common)
Judean Desert (Rare)
Northern Negev (Common)
Western Negev (Rare)
Negev Highlands (V. Common)
Southern Negev (V. Rare)
Moav (Common)
Edom (Common)

Helianthemum vesicarium in pink and sages Geotagged,Helianthemum vesicarium,Israel,Pink sunrose,Spring

Habitat

Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes

References:

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Taxonomy
Kingdom	Plantae
Division	Angiosperms
Class	Eudicots
Order	Malvales
Family	Cistaceae
Genus	Helianthemum
Species	Helianthemum vesicarium

Photographed in
Israel