Cistus crispus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malvales |
Family: | Cistaceae |
Genus: | Cistus |
Species: | C. crispus
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Binomial name | |
Cistus crispus |
Cistus crispus is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae , with pink to purple flowers, native to south-western Europe and western north Africa.
Cistus crispus grows up to 50 cm (1 ft 8 in) tall. Its grey-green leaves are wavy (undulate), oblong to elliptical in shape, usually 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) long by 4–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) wide. They have three prominent veins and are covered a mixture of short stellate hairs and longer simple hairs. The flowers are arranged in few-flowered cymes, each flower being 3–4 cm (1.2–1.6 in) across with five purplish-red petals and five hair-covered sepals. [2]
Cistus crispus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum (p. 524). [1] The specific epithet crispus means "curly" or "finely waved", referring to the leaves. [3]
It hybridizes with Cistus albidus to form the hybrid Cistus × incanus. [4]
A 2011 molecular phylogenetic study placed C. crispus as the deepest branching member of the clade of purple and pink flowered Cistus species (the "purple pink clade" or PPC). [5]
Species-level cladogram of Cistus species. | ||||||||||||||
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Species-level cladogram of Cistus species, based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. [4] [6] [5] [7] |
Cistus crispus is native to north Africa [6] and south-western Europe, including Portugal, Spain, France, Corsica, Italy and Sicily. [2]