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The sunrose: blooms hard at dawn, sheds petals by lunch, does it again tomorrow.
means A low, shrubby plant of the rockrose family with papery, short-lived flowers that open in sun and drop their petals the same day.
from Built from Greek helios ('sun') plus anthemon ('flower') — a sun-flower by name long before the famous composite got the title. The genus was named for the plant's habit of opening its blooms wide only in bright sunlight, closing or shedding them when the light fades.
- name origin
- Greek helios plus anthemon, sun flower
- bloom span
- each flower lasts about one day
- habitat
- thrives in poor, dry, rocky soil
- family
- rockrose family, Cistaceae