Cistus calycinus
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'Cistus calycinus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Halimium commutatum Pau
- Halimium libanotis f. luteum Sauvage
Other taxa in genus
- Cistus × aguilari
- Cistus albidus
- Cistus atchleyi
- Cistus atriplicifolius
- Cistus × canescens
- Cistus clusii
- Cistus creticus
- Cistus × crispatus
- Cistus crispus
- Cistus × cyprius
- Cistus × dansereaui
- Cistus × florentinus
- Cistus halimifolius
- Cistus × hetieri
- Cistus × hybridus
- Cistus × incanus
- Cistus inflatus
- Cistus × ingwersenii
- Cistus ladanifer
- Cistus lasianthus
- Cistus laurifolius
- Cistus × laxus
- Cistus × ledon
- Cistus libanotis
- Cistus monspeliensis
- Cistus × nigricans
- Cistus × obtusifolius
- Cistus ocymoides
- Cistus osbeckiifolius
- Cistus parviflorus
- Cistus × platysepalus
- Cistus populifolius
- Cistus × purpureus
- Cistus × revolii
- Cistus rosmarinifolius
- Cistus × sahucii
- Cistus salviifolius
- Cistus 'Silver Pink'
- Cistus × skanbergii
- Cistus × stenophyllus
- Cistus symphytifolius
- Cistus umbellatus
- Cistus × verguinii
Editorial Note
Bean treats this species under Halimium commutatum, giving the synonyms: Halimium libanotis Lange, in part; Helianthemum libanotis Willd., in part.
A low-growing shrub usually under 2 ft high. Leaves linear, with revolute margins, 1⁄2 to 11⁄2 in. long, 1⁄16 to 3⁄16 in. wide, glabrous above, white-hairy beneath. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered cymes, yellow, about 1 in. wide; sepals three, glabrous. Native of Portugal, W. Morocco, and S. Spain. It is a pretty, free-flowering shrub, but not reliably hardy.