Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Cistus clusii Dunal |
Bibliography | Prodr. 1: 266 (1824) |
Native Range | w. & c. Medit. |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves ca. 2cm long, narrowly linear, dark green and shiny adaxially, whitish abaxially, with revolute margins, flowers few, ca. 2cm across, in cyme |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cistus clusii var. fastigiatus (Guss.) Nyman Cistus clusii var. grandiflorus Willk. Cistus clusii var. multiflorus (Demoly) Romo Cistus clusii ssp. multiflorus Demoly Cistus clusii var. parviflorus Willk. Cistus clusii var. pruinosus Willk. Cistus clusii var. dedjera (Pomel) Batt. Cistus clusii var. viridis Willk. Cistus fastigiatus Guss. Cistus libanotis var. fastigiatus (Guss.) Laza Cistus libanotis var. pruinosus (Willk.) Maire Cistus libanotis var. sedjera (Pomel) Emb. & Maire Cistus libanotis var. segobricensis Sennen & Pau Cistus libanotis var. viridis (Willk.) Jahand. & Maire Cistus pruinosus (Willk.) Dans. Cistus rosmarinifolius Pourr. ex Timb.-Lagr. Cistus rosmarinifolius var. sedjera (Pomel) Grosser Cistus sedjera Pomel Halimium clusii (Dunal) Spach Halimium umbellatum var. bianori Sennen Helianthemum libanotis Guss. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (BAL Baleares, POR Portugal, SPA Spain) 13 Southeastern Europe (ITA Italy, SIC Sicilia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) |