Cistus

Arabic ladan, an aromatic juice of a shrub called the Cistus or rock rose, which has the same qualities, though in a slight degree, of opium, whence a decoction of opium is called laudanum.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

If it was called Cistus 45 I couldn’t have found this more fitting as a name.

Archive 2007-03-01 Ayala Sender 2007

If it was called Cistus 45 I couldn’t have found this more fitting as a name.

Le Labo's Vetiver 46 Ayala Sender 2007

On the drier ridges (Monte Blanco), Halimium commutatum and H. halimifolium, rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis, lavender Lavandula stoechas, rockrose Cistus sp. and thymeThymus tomentosa grow with introduced stone pine Pinus pinea and Eucalyptus sp.

Doñana National Park, Spain 2008

Heart notes: Cistus absolute, Basmati flower, Heliotrope absolute

Archive 2009-03-01 Ayala Sender 2009

Heart notes: Cistus absolute, Basmati flower, Heliotrope absolute

Lady in the Dark Ayala Sender 2009

Frequent burning of maquis results in depauperate vegetation dominated by Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera), Cistus spp. or Sarcopoterium spinosum, all of which regenerate rapidly after fire by sprouting or mass germination.

Biological diversity in the Mediterranean Basin 2008

Evergreen oak woodlands (Quercus ilex, Q. suber), extensive and highly diverse shrublands with a large number of endemic species (i.e. species from the genera Cistus, Lavandula, Genista, Thymus, Erica, etc.), and varied semi-natural grasslands form a complex landscape pattern.

Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests 2008

Evergreen oak woodlands (Quercus ilex, Q. suber), extensive and highly diverse shrublands with a large number of endemic species (i.e. species from the genera Cistus, Lavandula, Genista, Thymus, Erica, etc), and varied semi-natural grasslands, form a complex landscape pattern.

Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests 2008

Spartocytisus spp., and Ephedera spp., or Cistus spp. or Micromeria spp. (southern).

Canary Islands dry woodlands and forests 2008