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Cistus × purpureus

Species of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae

Summary

Species of flowering plants in the rock rose family Cistaceae

Field	Value
name	Cistus × purpureus
image	Unidentified_Flower_3014_1.jpg
hybrid	Cistus ladanifer × Cistus creticus
genus	Cistus
cultivar	x purpureus

Cistus × purpureus, commonly known as orchid rockrose, is one of the most commonly cultivated varieties of rockrose.

Description

It is a small and bushy subshrub that grows 120cm to 180cm high and wide with wavy, dense, dull green leaves.

The pink flowers, which appear from spring to summer, are 8cm (3 in) across that have petals with a dark blotch towards the centre. Each flower lasts a day, though a succession of flowers appear throughout the flowering season.

Taxonomy

The hybrid cultivar was first formally described in 1786 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in the botany division of the Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières.

References

[https://www.gardenia.net/plant/cistus-purpureus-purple-flowered-rock-rose Cistus purpureus] by gardenia.net
(1995). "Complete Gardening in Southern Africa". Struik Publishers.
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