19; see text Fumana (needle sunrose) is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Cistaceae.
They are small perennial shrubs with five-lobed yellow flowers, native to rocky and sandy soils of Europe and wider Mediterranean region.
[3] Fumana shrubs can be procumbent or erect.
[4] Leaves tend to be very narrow and are almost always alternate.
19 species, and several interspecific hybrids, are accepted.