Low to short evergreen subshrub, often prostrate, but up to 30cm. leaves oblong to lanceolate, usually green above, gray or whitish-hairy beneath, the margins sometimes rolled under. Flowers golden-yellow, occasionally cream or orange, 12-20mm, in racemes of 1-12. Habitat: Dry meadows, often short grazed, banks and rocky places, usually on calcareous soils, sea level to 2800m. Flowering Season: June-September. Distribution: Throughout Europe, except the extreme north, Faeroes, Iceland and Norway. The Picture is made on a rocky Chalk Hill in the South of Belgium (Ardennes) in June 2006. Nature | Vertical | Outdoors | Selective Focus | Europe