Cistaceae
Hoary rock-rose
Cistus creticus
- Family
- Cistaceae
- Genus
- Cistus
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Common names
By language (18)
- Arabic
- قريضة كريتية, قستوس, شقواص, لادن
- arz
- قريضه كريتيه
- Breton
- Roz-roc'h-Kreta
- Catalan
- Estepa de Creta, Estepa blava, Estepa menorquina
- Chinese
- 克里特岩蔷薇
- Corsican
- Muchju rossu, Muchju russu
- Croatian
- Ružičasti bušin
- English
- Hoary rock-rose, Pink rock-rose
- French
- Ciste de Crête
- German
- Kretische Zistrose
- Greek
- Ξισταρκά
- Hebrew
- לוטם שעיר
- kbd
- Бад
- Malayalam
- സിസ്റ്റസ് ക്രെറ്റിക്കസ്
- Polish
- Czystek kreteński
- Spanish
- Cisto macho, Jaguarzo delgado, Ladanum verum, Zerguazo
- Swedish
- Kretacistros
- Turkish
- Tüylü laden, Pembe kayagülü
Synonyms
- Cistus incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heywood
- Cistus incanus subsp. creticus (L.) Heyw.
- Cistus incanus var. creticus (L.) Boiss.
- Cistus ladaniferus Stokes
- Cistus polymorphus f. creticus (L.) Batt.
- Cistus polymorphus var. creticus (L.) Ball
- Cistus villosus subsp. creticus (L.) Nyman
- Cistus villosus var. creticus (L.) Boiss.
- Cistus vulgaris Spach
- Cistus vulgaris var. creticus (L.) Steud.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June (from 1,259 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: tylototriton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emil Jantke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Gabler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anne Parsons, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Qwertzy2, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Pierre Bona, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Norrland, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Anna C, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zeynel Cebeci, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.