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Purple-flowered Rock-rose
Cistus × purpureus
Cistus × purpureus, commonly known as orchid rockrose, is one of the most commonly cultivated varieties of rockrose. The pink flowers, which appear in summer, have petals with a dark blotch towards the centre.
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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.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 415892.