Cistus × ledon Lam.

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

Family

  • Cistaceae

Genus

  • Cistus
  • Cistus laurifolius × C. monspeliensis

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


subsp. ledon Pourr.

Cistus laurifolius × C. monspeliensis

Synonyms
Cistus × recognitus Rouy & Foucaud
Cistus × glaucus Pourr.


Editorial Note

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, 112 to 2 in. across in many-flowered clusters. Found wild in the south of France.