Cistus × purpureus
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Cistus × purpureus, commonly known as Orchid Rockrose, is one of the most commonly cultivated varieties of rockrose
. The pink flowers, which appear in summer, have petals with a dark blotch towards the centre.
The hybrid cultivar
was first formally described in 1786 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
in Encyclopédie Méthodique
:botanique.
Cistus
Cistus is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species . They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean region, from Morocco and Portugal through to the Middle East, and also on the Canary Islands...
. The pink flowers, which appear in summer, have petals with a dark blotch towards the centre.
The hybrid cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...
was first formally described in 1786 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck , often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist...
in Encyclopédie Méthodique
Encyclopédie Méthodique
The Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières is a roughly 210 to 216 volumes encyclopedia that was published between 1782 and 1832 by the French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke, his son-in-law Henri Agasse, and the latter´s wife, Thérèse-Charlotte Agasse...
:botanique.