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Cistus
a genus of plants of the family Cistaceae. They are shrubs, measuring up to 2 m tall, with opposite, entire, deciduous leaves. The flowers, which are up to 8 cm in diameter, are white, pink, red, or purple; they are in cymes or, more rarely, they are solitary. The fruit is capsule. There are approximately 20 species, distributed on the Canary Islands, in the Mediterranean region, and further east to Transcaucasia and Iran. These plants are characteristic of the Mediterranean maquis. Two species are found in the USSR—Cistus tauricus, which grows on the southern coast of the Crimea and in Western Transcaucasia and sage-leaved cistus (C. salvifolius), which is also found in Western Transcaucasia. Several species of Cistus are cultivated as ornamentals. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | One's delight in an elderberry bush overhanging the confused leafage of a hedgerow bank, as a more gladdening sight than the finest cistus or fuchsia spreading itself on the softest undulating turf, is an entirely unjustifiable preference to a nursery-gardener, or to any of those regulated minds who are free from the weakness of any attachment that does not rest on a demonstrable superiority of qualities. |
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CISTI Cistic Cistic fibrosis Cistic fibrosis Cistic fibrosis CISTL CISTM CISTO Cistothorus Cistothorus palustris Cistothorus platensis CISTP Cistrana Cistre Cistre cistron cistron cistron cistronic cistronic cistronic cistrons cistrons cistrons Cists Cists Cisturn Cisturn Cisturn Cisturn Cistus Cistus albidusCistus ladanifer Cistus ladanum cistuses cistuses cistvaen cistvaen CISU CISUC CISUG CISUL CISUPINTREP CISUR CISV CISVA cisvestitism CISW CISWA CISWEB CISWF CISWG CISWI CISWO CISWS CISX CISYS | |||||||
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