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Cistus × nigricans Pourr.

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'Cistus × nigricans' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cistus/cistus-x-nigricans/). Accessed 2026-05-16.

Family

  • Cistaceae

Genus

  • Cistus
  • Cistus monspeliensis × C. populifolius

Glossary

inflorescence
Flower-bearing part of a plant; arrangement of flowers on the floral axis.
corymb
Unbranched inflorescence with lateral flowers the pedicels of which are of different lengths making the inflorescence appear flat-topped.
glabrous
Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
hybrid
Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).
lanceolate
Lance-shaped; broadest in middle tapering to point.
reticulate
Arranged in a net-like manner.
venation
Pattern of veins (nerves) especially in a leaf.

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New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.

Recommended citation
'Cistus × nigricans' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/cistus/cistus-x-nigricans/). Accessed 2026-05-16.

This hybrid, believed to be C. monspeliensis × C. populifolius, was described by Rouy and Foucaud in Flore de France. Leaves lanceolate, tapered at the base to a short stalk, glabrous above, with an impressed, reticulate venation. Inflorescence a three- to six-flowered corymb; pedicels covered with a short down mixed with long, white hairs; sepals oval, heart-shaped at the base. A hybrid of this parentage would be difficult to distinguish from C. × laxus, also a hybrid of C. populifolius but with C. inflatus (syn. C. hirsutus Lam.) as the other parent.

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