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Pink Rockrose

Cistus creticus

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Field Notes

Description:

Evergreen shrub widespread all along the Mediterranean region, blooming the spring. Flowers with characterstic, lovely wrinkled pink petals.

Habitat:

Garrigue in Seih-Sou, the suburban pine forest of Thessaloniki (Greece).

Notes:

Greek name: Κίστος ο κρητικός. Greek common name: Λαδανιά.

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Cistus creticus

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PublishedApril 20, 2016

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