Cultivar x purpureus Rank Species | Genus Cistus | |
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Hybrid parentage Cistus ladanifer × Cistus creticus Similar Cistus, Cistus laurifolius, Cistus salviifolius, Pink rock‑rose, Cistus ladanifer | ||
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.
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.
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