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Cistus salviifolius L.

Salvia cistus (en), Mondré (fr), Ciste à feuilles de sauge (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Cistaceae > Cistus

Characteristics

A low shrub. It lies along the ground. It grows 75 cm high and spreads 75 cm wide. The leaves are wrinkled and rough. They are dark grey-green on the upper surface and whitish grey underneath. They are downy on both surfaces. The leaves are oval and have a wedge shaped base. They are 10-40 mm long. They have 3 veins. The flowers are usually borne singly. They have white petals. The flowers are 30-50 mm across.
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Shrubs to 10 dm. Leaves petiolate; petiole 2–10 mm; blade 1-veined from base, narrowly elliptic, oblong-ovate, or ovate, 10–40 × 6–20 mm. Inflorescences usually solitary flowers, rarely cymes; <pedicel 10–100 mm, longer in fruit>. Flowers: sepals 5; petals white, sometimes yellow near bases, 15–25 mm; styles 0–0.5 mm. Capsules 5-locular. 2n = 18 (Europe).
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.75
Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.78
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.34
Root diameter (meter) 0.4
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Dry woods, thickets and banks, often on acid soils and on limestone; at elevations from sea level to 1,200 metres in the Alpes Maritimes.
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It grows in rocky places and stony dry hillsides. It suits hardiness zones 7-10.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The dried leaves are used as an adulterant of marjoram.
Uses environmental use invertebrate food medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown byseeds.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 7 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -12
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Cistus salviifolius habit picture by Sergio-OMA (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius habit picture by Sergio-OMA (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius habit picture by Céline Anthelme (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Cistus salviifolius leaf picture by Miguel A. C. (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius leaf picture by Leonardos Leonardos (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius leaf picture by Angel Blasco (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Cistus salviifolius flower picture by Denis Sabotier (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius flower picture by Miguel A. C. (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius flower picture by ordo jose (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Cistus salviifolius fruit picture by Patrice Nodet (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius fruit picture by marçal (cc-by-sa)
Cistus salviifolius fruit picture by marçal (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Cistus salviifolius world distribution map, present in Albania, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Cyprus, Algeria, Spain, France, Georgia, Gibraltar, Greece, Croatia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Portugal, Slovenia, Syrian Arab Republic, Tunisia, Turkey, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:168475-1
WFO ID wfo-0000607577
COL ID VLQL
BDTFX ID 18076
INPN ID 91715
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Ledonia fruticans Ledonia aprica Ledonia peduncularis Ledonia rhodanensis Ledonia velutina Ledonia salviifolia Cistus elegans Cistus humilis Cistus microphyllus Cistus rhodanensis Cistus salviifolius Cistus fruticans Cistus platyphyllus Cistus sideritis Cistus velutinus Ledonia elegans Ledonia platyphylla Ledonia arrigens Ledonia humilis Ledonia microphylla Cistus apricus Cistus arrigens
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