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Cistus crispus
Credits
Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles
Recommended citation
'Cistus crispus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Infraspecifics
Other taxa in genus
- Cistus × aguilari
- Cistus albidus
- Cistus atchleyi
- Cistus atriplicifolius
- Cistus calycinus
- Cistus × canescens
- Cistus clusii
- Cistus creticus
- Cistus × crispatus
- 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
A compact, bushy shrub 2 ft high, much-branched; young shoots clothed with long white hairs. Leaves sessile, lance-shaped to narrowly oblong or ovate or oval, 1⁄2 to 11⁄2 in. long, 1⁄4 to 1⁄2 in. wide, pointed, three-nerved at the base, margins (especially of the lower leaves) much undulated; both surfaces rough through the deeply impressed veins, and densely coated with starry down. Flowers purplish red, about 11⁄2 in. diameter, crowded in a terminal head, supplemented by smaller ones on short axillary branches; each flower is on a very hairy stalk, so short that it is almost hidden in the bracts; sepals five, ovate or lance-shaped, long-pointed, hairy. Bot. Mag., t. 9306.
Native of S.W. Europe and N. Africa; said to have been introduced to England in 1656. It is one of the comparatively hardy species, and will survive moderately cold winters. Its short-stalked, richer red flowers, narrow, long-pointed sepals, and wavy-margined leaves distinguish it from the nearest ally, C. albidus.
'Anne Palmer'
This cistus was raised by Capt. Collingwood Ingram, who in 1960 received for it the Reginald Cory Memorial Cup – an award given for the best man-made hybrid of the year (Journ. R.H.S., Vol. 86, March 1961, fig. 39).The parentage is C. crispus × C. ladanifer subsp. sulcatus (syn. C. palhinhae).