Whitish rockrose
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Whitish rockrose ( Cistus albidus ) |
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The Cistus albidus ( Cistus albidus ) is a plant type from the genus of cistus (Cistus) in the family of rockrose (Cistaceae).
features
The slightly aromatic smelling, dense shrub reaches heights of 40 to 150 cm. The approximately 2 to 5 cm long leaves are alternate, encompassing half stems and elliptical-egg-shaped. They are hairy white tomentose and have three clearly raised nerves on the underside.
The flowers measure about 5 to 7 cm in diameter. The five sepals are broadly ovate and hairy tomentose. The five petals are pink and wrinkled. They quickly fall off the plant. The styles are almost as long as the numerous yellow stamens . The almost woody capsule fruit is egg-shaped and five-lobed.
Flowering time is from April to June.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 18.
photos
Habitus
Hairiness
Capsule fruits
distribution
The white rockrose is a typical western Mediterranean plant, the eastern limit of its distribution from northern Italy via Corsica and Sardinia to North Africa . Their area extends from Morocco and Algeria to Spain, Portugal, France and Italy.
Location
The whitish rockrose colonizes garigues , maquis , light open forests, preferably on marl soils on neogene substrates .
literature
- Dankwart Seidel: Flowers on the Mediterranean. Determine accurately with the 3-check . BLV, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-405-16294-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Cistus albidus at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Cistus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
Web links
- Thomas Meyer, Michael Hassler. [1]