Shrubby Rock-roses
Cistus
Cistus (from the Greek kistos) is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 34 species and a similar number of natural hybrids. They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco, Spain, Italy, Greece, through to the Middle East, and also on the Canary Islands.
Cistus, with its many hybrids and cultivars, is commonly encountered as a garden flower.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
white and whitish-pink Cistus clade
subgenusLeucocistus
purple pink Cistus clade
sectionCistus
Chrysorhodion
sectionChrysorhodion
Purple-flowered Rock-rose
hybridCistus × purpureus
Leucorhodion
sectionLeucorhodion
Commutati
sectionCommutati
Cistus × cyprius
hybridCistus × cyprius
Cistus × rodiaei
hybridCistus × rodiaei
Cistus × novus
hybridCistus × novus
Cistus × fernandesiae
hybridCistus × fernandesiae
Dictyorhodion
sectionDictyorhodion
Cistus × ambiguus
hybridCistus × ambiguus
Cistus × timbalii
hybridCistus × timbalii
Cistus × daveauanus
hybridCistus × daveauanus
Cistus × aljezurensis
hybridCistus × aljezurensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.97
Rariorum Plantarum Historia (with Fungorum Historia)
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.86
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.225
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.80
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.232
Garden of Health
Jacob Meydenbach · 1491 · p.232
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.136
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.835
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.142
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.356
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.353
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.352
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Cistus in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
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 64322.