Cistus symphytifolius Lam. 1786 (CISTACEAE).

            Sinónimos: Cistus berthelotianus (Spach.) Pit. & Proust: Cistus candidissimus Duynal; Cistus vaginatus Dryand.
Arbustos perennifolios de hasta 2,5 m de alto. Muy ramificado, con ramas muy frágiles, corteza pardo-grisácea o pardo-rojiza. Hojas lanceoladas con nerviación reticulada, haz y envés densamente villosas, margen entero, ápice agudo u obtuso, base atenuada, cortamente pecioladas. Flores agrupadas en inflorescencias terminales, sépalos 5, villosos, pétalos 5. Formando una corola de hasta 6 cm de diámetro, de color rosado, pero con la base de cada pétalo amarillenta, arrugados. Frutos en cápsulas marrones con 5 valvas, conteniendo numerosas semillas de tamaño muy pequeño. Especie nativa de las Islas Canarias, forma parte del sotobosque de los pinares de Pinus canariensis entre 1000 y 1800 m de altitud. Muerto en Iturraran.

Synonyms: Cistus berthelotianus (Spach.) Pit. & Proust: Cistus candidissimus Duynal; Cistus vaginatus Dryand.
Evergreen shrubs up to 2.5 m tall. Much branched, with very fragile branches, grayish-brown or reddish-brown bark. Leaves lanceolate with reticulate venation, densely villous upper surface and lower surface, entire margin, acute or obtuse apex, attenuated base, short petiolate. Flowers grouped in terminal inflorescences, sepals 5, villous, petals 5. Forming a corolla up to 6 cm in diameter, pink in color, but with the base of each petal yellowish, wrinkled. Fruits in brown capsules with 5 valves, containing numerous very small seeds. Species native to the Canary Islands, it forms part of the understory of Pinus canariensis pine forests between 1,000 and 1,800 m above sea level. Died in Iturraran.
   

Taken on: November 1, 2014

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