Halimium halimifolium (L.) Willk.

Key facts

Flower colour : yellow, sometimes with a red blotch at the base of each petal (f. maculatum)
Flower diameter : 3 – 3.5cm
Height & Spread : 1m x 50cm
Habit : upright

Notes : has stamens of unequal lengths; grey foliage

Subspecies : subsp. lasiocalycinum var. rhiphaeum is prostrate and has greener leaves and flowers of a more intense yellow.

Variants : var. rubripilosum has red bristly hairs on the sepals