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Rock rose

Cistus genus

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Flowers are mauve with a crinkled texture.

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Cistus

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Rockrose

Cistus

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Ioannis
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Comments (6)
staccyh
They're beautiful flowers, had never seen them before!
staccyh
Yes it was in one the Botanic gardens in Oxford, but I couldn't find the name!
Ioannis
There are Mediterranean flowers, most of them with nice fragrance. If you found it in England, probably is not a wild one but cultivated in a garden?
staccyh
Thanks Ioannis for the info and the kind words! I really think these flowers are beautiful, I had never seen them before.
Ioannis
It looks like a cistus. There are many varieties most often with violet or white flowers, differing a lot on the leaves. Your flower looks very much like a Cistus incanus but the leaves are very different so it must be another subspecies. Probably you could try to identify among subspecies by taking a more focused photo of the leaves. Anyhow, its beautiful!

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