Cistus × purpureus, commonly known as orchid rockrose, is one of the most commonly cultivated varieties of rockrose.[1]

Cistus × purpureus
GenusCistus
Hybrid parentageCistus ladanifer × Cistus creticus
Cultivarx purpureus

Description

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It is a small and bushy subshrub that grows 120cm to 180cm high and wide with wavy, dense, dull green leaves.[2]

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.[1]

Taxonomy

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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.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Sheat, W.G.; Gerald Schofield (1995). Complete Gardening in Southern Africa. Struik Publishers. p. 47. ISBN 978-1-86825-704-1.
  2. ^ Cistus purpureus by gardenia.net
  3. ^ "Cistus ×purpureus". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 27 May 2011.