Cistus × purpureus

Cistus × purpureus
Genus Cistus
Hybrid parentage Cistus ladanifer × Cistus creticus
Cultivar x purpureus

Cistus × purpureus, commonly known as orchid rockrose, is one of the most commonly cultivated varieties of rockrose.[1] The pink flowers, which appear in summer, have petals with a dark blotch towards the centre.[1]

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.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Sheat, W.G.; Gerald Schofield (1995). Complete Gardening in Southern Africa. Struik Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-86825-704-1.
  2. "Taxon: Cistus × purpureus Lam.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
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