Latin name: Cistus Xpurpureus Lam.
Pronunciation: SIS-tus per-per-ee-us
Common name: Orchid rock-rose
Family: Cistaceae (Rock-rose)
Habitat: Planted situations and garden escape, infertile hybrid cultivar of C. ladanifer and C. creticus
Blooming period: Spring
Name derivations: 1) Cistus 2) Xpurpureus
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