Cistus incanus, L.

3. C. incanus L. View in CoL , Sp. Pl. 524 (1753) View Cited Treatment

( C. villosus auct., vix L.; incl. C. polymorphus Willk. ).

Stems up to 100 cm, erect or spreading. Leaves (10-)20-50(-70) x 8-30 mm, ovate, obovate or elliptical, often undulate, pinnately veined, green or greyish, pubescent or tomentose with stellate hairs, with the veins impressed above and prominent beneath. Petioles 3-15 mm. Cymes 1- to 7-flowered, more or less symmetrical. Sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, long-acuminate, with stellate hairs and long, simple hairs. Flowers 4-6 cm in diameter, purplish-pink. S. Europe, but rare in the west. Al BI Bu Co Cr G r It Ju Rs (K) Sa Si Tu [Br],

1 Leaves 15-25 x 8-15 mm, distinctly undulate-crispate

(c) subsp. creticus 1 Leaves 25-50 x 15-30 mm, flat 2 Sepals with a few long hairs not hiding the dense stellate hairs; stems and pedicels stellate-hairy (b) subsp. corsicus

2 Sepals with many long hairs hiding the stellate hairs; stems and pedicels densely white-villous (a) subsp. incanus