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'Cistus × ledon' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Cistus laurifolius × C. monspeliensis
Synonyms
Cistus × recognitus Rouy & Foucaud
Cistus × glaucus Pourr.
Bean treated this taxon as Cistus × glaucus.
A hybrid between C. laurifolius and C. monspeliensis. A shrub to about 4 ft high with linear-oblong to lanceolate leaves, viscid and dull green above, hairy beneath; flowers white, 11⁄2 to 2 in. across in many-flowered clusters. Found wild in the south of France.