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Sage-leaved Rockrose

Cistus salviifolius

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Field Notes

Description:

It is a bushy plant, it has hairy stem, sage like leaves and white round flowers where the base of the petals are yellow, the stamens are also yellow.

Habitat:

Eastern Mediterranean, growing on a hill, in a patch of pine woodland, Approx. Elevation 400m.

Species ID Suggestions

Sage-leaved rock-rose

Cistus salviifolius

Comments (4)

Thanks for the comments maplemoth and daphne, thanks for the ID Jopy.
Lovely little plant, medicinal to ancient Greeks and still today to treat stomach bugs

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