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Cistus ladanifer - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Vale de Aguia, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Cistus ladanifer - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Vale de Aguia, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Cistus ladanifer - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Vale de Aguia, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Cistus ladanifer - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Vale de Aguia, Trás-os-Montes, Portugal; 5/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1069
Date of entry: 22.05.2009
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Violales (37)

        Family: Cistaceae (15)(family description)

          Genus: Cistus (7)

            Epithet: ladanifer (2)

              Variety: albiflorus Dunal

ladanifer => bearing ladanum, a gum resin used in perfumery

Characteristics

Climate: sub-tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: white

External links

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