cistus
Showy flowering shrub
Cistus is a genus of flowering shrubs native to the Mediterranean region, commonly called rockroses.
They produce showy, papery flowers in white or pink that resemble wild roses but are unrelated.
Cistus thrives in dry, rocky soil and is valued in drought-tolerant landscaping: The cistus bloomed profusely despite the summer heat.
Mediterranean coastal scrub
- scrublandArea of low shrubs
- hillsideSloping terrain face
- drought-tolerantAble to withstand aridity
- sun-lovingPreferring direct light
wild · coastal · Greece · Spain · Portugal · Morocco · Canary Islands · Provence
Multi-stemmed woody plant
- evergreenRetains foliage year-round
- woodyMade of tree-stuff
- perennialRecurring each year
- branchingSplitting into separate directions
compact · rounded · foliage · landscaping · ornamental · hedge · garden · cultivation
Bloom's colorful segment
- blossomFlower on fruit tree
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- crinkledFormed small wrinkles
- paperyThin and dry-textured
ephemeral · white · pink · magenta · spotted · showy · pollination · bee
maquis
Mediterranean coastal scrub
- scrublandArea of low shrubs
- hillsideSloping terrain face
- drought-tolerantAble to withstand aridity
sun-loving · wild · coastal · Greece · Spain · Portugal · Morocco · Canary Islands · Provence · Corsica
bush
Multi-stemmed woody plant
branching · compact · rounded · foliage · landscaping · ornamental · hedge · garden · cultivation · propagation
petal
Bloom's colorful segment
papery · ephemeral · white · pink · magenta · spotted · showy · pollination · bee · nectar
aromatic
Pleasantly strong-smelling
harvest · perfumery · amber · fixative · incense · essential oil · absolute · musk · extraction · traditional
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- shrubsshrub, bush, boxwood, lilac, forsythia
- fire-adapted plantsfireweed, banksia, protea, lodgepole pine, jack pine
- Mediterranean plantsolive, fig, rockrose, mastic, oregano
- scrubland plantssagebrush, mesquite, chaparral, greasewood, saltbush
- alkaline plantsclematis, dianthus, lavender, lilac, delphinium
- aromaticsperfume, incense, cologne, essential oils, essential oil