Orchid rockrose. Jara purpura

They are always evergreen, shrubby, woody plants. The flowers are regular, hermaphroditic, and with five large, often wrinkled petals that fall easily from the flower. Its numerous stamens produce a large amount of pollen, which attracts many insects, such as the bees that produce rockrose honey. Its fruits are capsules made up of 5 or 10 carpels, which open at maturity into 5 or 10 cavities with numerous seeds. The wood of Cistus ladanifer, being very hard, is used in the manufacture of small tools or pieces that are going to suffer great friction, and it is also excellent as firewood.