Cistaceae
Montpelier cistus
Cistus monspeliensis
- Family
- Cistaceae
- Genus
- Cistus
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Common names
By language (16)
- aeb
- أمّ اللّية
- Arabic
- قريضة متوسطية
- arz
- قريضه متوسطيه
- Breton
- Roz-roc'h-Montpelher
- Catalan
- Estepa negra
- Chinese
- 白岩蔷薇
- Corsican
- Muchju biancu
- English
- Montpelier cistus
- Finnish
- Kaitakistus
- French
- Ciste de Montpellier
- German
- Montpellier-Zistrose
- kab
- Tuzzalt
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Montpellier-solrose
- Occitan
- Moja negra
- Portuguese
- Sargação
- Spanish
- Jaguarzo
Synonyms
- Cistus affinis Bertol. ex Guss.
- Cistus collinus Salisb.
- Cistus feredjensis Batt.
- Cistus monspeliensis f. albiflorus Briq.
- Cistus monspeliensis f. flavescens Briq.
- Cistus monspeliensis f. typicus Dans.
- Cistus monspeliensis prol. affinis (Bertol. ex Guss.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Cistus monspeliensis prol. affinis (Bertol. ex Guss.) Rouy & Foucaud
- Cistus monspeliensis subsp. affinis (Bertol. ex Guss.) Sennen
- Cistus monspeliensis subsp. canariensis Rivas Mart., Martín Osorio & Wildpret
- Cistus monspeliensis var. affinis (Bertol. ex Guss.) P.Fourn.
- Cistus monspeliensis var. densifolius Sennen
- Cistus monspeliensis var. feredjensis (Batt.) Batt.
- Cistus monspeliensis var. flavescens Briq.
- Cistus monspeliensis var. major Rouy & Foucaud
- Cistus monspeliensis var. minor Willk.
- Cistus monspeliensis var. parviflorus Sennen
- Cistus monspeliensis var. vulgaris Willk.
- Cistus oleifolius Mill.
- Cistus valentinus Pourr. ex Nyman
- Stephanocarpus monspeliensis (L.) Spach
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 743 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Philip Precey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Aissa Djamel Filali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: User:Xemenendura, CC BY-SA 2.1, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: montero Guillermo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andra Waagmeester, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: charlyne, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Andra Waagmeester, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Luis Nunes Alberto, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.