Cistus × canescens Sweet

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'Cistus × canescens' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cistus/cistus-x-canescens/). Accessed 2025-05-21.

Family

  • Cistaceae

Genus

  • Cistus
  • Cistus albidus × C. creticus

Glossary

hybrid
Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).

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'Cistus × canescens' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cistus/cistus-x-canescens/). Accessed 2025-05-21.

A natural hybrid between C. albidus and C. creticus reported from Algeria but also occurring in gardens among seedlings of C. albidus. Leaves usually greener than in that species, narrower and more pointed. ‘Albus’ was raised by Sir Oscar Warburg from a pink form of C. × canescens which had been raised from seed of C. albidus f. albus.