from Morocco, Spain, Italy, Greece, through to the Middle East, and also on the Canary Islands.

Cistus, with its many hybrids and cultivars, is commonly encountered as a garden flower.

The common name rock-rose or rockrose is applied to the species, a name also shared by the related genera Helianthemum and Tuberaria, all in the same family Cistaceae. The common name

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