Cistus creticus L.
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Cistus creticus L., Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1077 (1759)
Cistus creticus L.
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1759
1077
ICN
Cistus creticus L.
species
Cistus creticus
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Descriptions
Cistus creticus L.
Bushy, aromatic shrub to c. 1.5 m tall, with stellate, and sparse glandular hairs. Shoots whitish when young, not viscid. Petioles subsessile to 8 mm long, ± winged. Lamina 1.5-5 × 0.8-2.5 cm, ovate to elliptic, sometimes ± obovate or suborbicular, rugose, moderately hairy on both surfaces and appearing green or somewhat greyish; venation pinnate, impressed above; margins strongly undulate; base cuneate; apex subacute; lf pairs not connate. Cymes up to 6-flowered. Peduncles 1-5.5 cm long, densely covered in stellate hairs and ± pilose; pedicels to 2.5 cm long, more densely pilose than peduncles. Bracts foliose. Sepals 5; outer sepals 1.3-1.7 cm long, broad-ovate, with stellate hairs and pilose, sometimes densely so, cordate at base, acuminate or subulate at apex; inner sepals similar to outer but narrower. Petals (1.5)-2.5-3 cm long, broad-obovate, deep rose with yellow base. Style c. 4 mm long; stigma capitate, of moderate size. Capsule 7-11 mm long, broad-ovoid, silky. Seed angular, puberulent.
Taxonomic concepts
Cistus incanus auct.
Cistus creticus L.
Cistus polymorphus Willk.
Cistus creticus L.
Cistus villosus L.
Cistus creticus L.
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1 January 2000
8 May 2015