Cistus monspeliensis
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| Cistus monspeliensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Genus: | Cistus |
| Species: | C. monspeliensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cistus monspeliensis L. |
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Cistus monspeliensis is a species of rockrose known by the common name Montpelier cistus. It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecosystems of matorral—maquis shrublands.
[edit] Description
Cistus monspeliensis is a shrub with evergreen leaves and a hairy, glandular, sticky texture. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, green, wrinkly, and up to 5 centimeters long.
The inflorescence is generally a panicle of 2 to 8 flowers, each with five sepals and white petals. [1]
The plant has been reported elsewhere as an introduced species, and in California as an invasive species. [1]
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