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Cistus × crispatus Warb.

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New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Cistus × crispatus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cistus/cistus-x-crispatus/). Accessed 2026-05-18.

Family

  • Cistaceae

Genus

Glossary

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

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New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Cistus × crispatus' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cistus/cistus-x-crispatus/). Accessed 2026-05-18.

Editorial Note

Cistus × crispatus Warb. is not recognised by IPNI (16/4/2025), which lists Cistus × crispatus Danseraeau (1941). The name is currently unplaced (POWO 2025).

An artificial hybrid between C. crispus and C. creticus first raised at Antibes by Bornet. Sir Oscar Warburg had a form (from a repetition of the cross, also made at Antibes) which was a very attractive spreading shrub, with flowers of a good pink.