Botanical Name: Cistus laurifolius
Common Name: laurel cistus, laurel leaved rock rose
Family: Cistaceae
Distribution/Origin: Mediterranean
Leaf/Bud: evergreen, dark green, lanceolate, abundance of trichomes
Flower/Inflorescence: white flower, bloom late spring, 5 petals 4-5 cm in diameter
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Stem/Bark:
Size: height 1.5-2m, spread 1.5-2m
Habit: upright
Form: bush-like, mounding
Culture: full sun, acidic/neutral/alkaline soil
Landscape Use: evergreen shrub, tough
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