Common Rock-rose - Helianthemum nummularium
Description
Often prostrate, but height can be up to 30 cm at times. Leaves green above, often grey hairy beneath, the margins sometimes rolled under. Flowers golden yellow, 12 to 20 mm with five petals.
Identification difficulty

Habitat
Dry grazed meadows and short grassland, banks and rocky places.
When to see it
Flowers June to September.
Life History
Evergreen subshrub.
UK Status
Fairly frequent and widespread over much of Britain.
VC55 Status
Uncommon and local in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 3 of the 617 tetrads.
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