Cistaceae
Common gum cistus
Cistus ladanifer
- Family
- Cistaceae
- Genus
- Cistus
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Common names
By language (17)
- Arabic
- قريضة عنبرية, قريضة لاذنية
- arz
- قريضه عنبريه
- Asturian
- Estepa
- azb
- لادان بورخورکولو
- Azerbaijani
- Ladan burxurkolu
- Catalan
- Estepa ladanífera
- Chinese
- 岩蔷薇, 膠薔樹
- Czech
- Cist ladanový, Cist ladanonosný
- English
- Common gum cistus, Brown-eyed rockrose, Gum rockrose, Labdanum
- Galician
- Xara, Estepa
- German
- Lack-Zistrose
- Hungarian
- Balzsamos szuhar
- mwl
- Xara
- Portuguese
- Esteva
- Slovenian
- Ladanov brškin, Šaronska narcisa
- Spanish
- Estepa de ladano, Estepa de ládano, Estepa del ladan, Estepa del ladán, Estepa ladanifera, Estepa ladanífera, Gallarin, Gallarín
- Swedish
- Ladanumcistros, Hartsklippros, Labdanumklippros, Ladanum, Ladanumklippros
Synonyms
- Cistus ladanifer subsp. subcatus (Dunal) P.Monts.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 1,989 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andre Hosper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Taken by Carsten Niehaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Taken by Carsten Niehaus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Basotxerri, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.