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Phylica polifolia
Also called Rosemary, Saint Helena Rosemary
Phylica polifolia, also called rosemary or Saint Helena rosemary, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae. It is endemic to Saint Helena. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and rocky shores.
The species was first described as Rhamnus polifolia by Martin Vahl in 1794. In 1942 Neville Stuart Pillans placed the species in genus Phylica as P. polifolia.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phylica polifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
