| Common Names - Rock rose family | Synonyms - |
| Authority - Juss. | Total Number of genera - 8 |
| Gymnosperm or Angiosperm? - Angiosperm | Total Number of species - 200 |
| Plant forms - Subshrubs and low shrubs | |
| World Distribution - Temperate & warm areas, esp. Mediterranean. Also found in North America; a limited number of species are found in South America. | |
| Comments - Primarily in the temperate areas of Europe and the Mediterranean basin, but also found in North America; a limited number of species are found in South America. Beautiful shrubs,profusely covered by flowers at the time of blossom | |
| 1 - Cistus. 2 - Fumana. 3 - Halimium. 4 - Helianthemum. |