{{short description|Genus of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae}} {{automatic taxobox | image = Tuberaria guttata01.jpg | image_caption = ''Tuberaria guttata'' | taxon = Tuberaria | authority = (Dunal) Spach (1836) | type_species = ''Helianthemum tuberaria'' | type_species_authority = (L.) Mill. | synonyms = *''Diatelia'' {{small|Demoly (2011)}} *''Therocistus'' {{small|Holub (1986)}} *''Xolantha'' {{small|Raf. (1810)}} *''Xolanthes'' {{small|Raf. (1838)}} | synonyms_ref = <ref name="powo">{{cite web |title=''Tuberaria'' (Dunal) Spach |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1185859-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref> }}
'''''Tuberaria''''' is a genus of about 12 species of annual or perennial plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, native to western and southern Europe. They occur on dry, stony sites, often close to the sea.
The leaves are in a rosette at the base of the plant, and then in opposite pairs up the stem; they are simple oval, 2–5 cm long and 1–2 cm broad. The flowers are 2–5 cm diameter, with five petals, yellow with a red spot at the base of each petal, the red spot acting as a 'target' for pollinating insects.
''Tuberaria'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the ''Coleophora'' case-bearers ''C. confluella'' (recorded on ''T. guttata'') and ''C. helianthemella'' (recorded on ''T. lignosa'').
==Species== 12 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/> *''Tuberaria acuminata'' <small>(Viv.) Grosser</small> *''Tuberaria brevipes'' <small>(Boiss. & Reut.) Willk.</small> *''Tuberaria bupleurifolia'' <small>(Lam.) Willk.</small> *''Tuberaria × colombina'' {{small|C.Vicioso}} *''Tuberaria commutata'' {{small|M.J.Gallego}} *''Tuberaria echioides'' <small>(Lam.) Willk.</small> *''Tuberaria globulariifolia'' <small>(Lam.) Willk.</small> *''Tuberaria guttata'' <small>(L.) Fourr.</small> *''Tuberaria lignosa'' <small>(Sweet) Samp.</small> *''Tuberaria lipopetala'' {{small|(Murb.) Greuter & Burdet}} *''Tuberaria macrosepala'' <small>(Coss.) Willk.</small> *''Tuberaria major'' <small>(Willk.) P.Silva & Rozeira</small> *''Tuberaria plantaginea'' <small>(Willd.) M.J.Gallego</small> *''Tuberaria praecox'' <small>(Salzm. ''ex'' Boiss. & Reut.) Grosser</small>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Tuberaria+&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK=species Flora Europaea: ''Tuberaria'']
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Category:Cistaceae Category:Malvales genera Category:Taxa described in 1836 Category:Taxa named by Édouard Spach