The rockrose is a hearty shrub that survived the freezing temperatures we had that we had in December and January, and had no problem with the 100+ days of July and August. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
This week's flower is the orchid rockrose, Cistus purpureus. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
PS Since the name is the rockrose, the dance must be a hop and the music '50s rock and roll!. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Flower: Purple Rockrose] Reference
One of my most favourite scents – the gum resinoid from the rockrose is as close as plants can get to ambergris. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Another note that stands out is that of labdanum, a resinous, ambery oleoresin from the rockrose bushes also grown on the Mediterranean mountains and hillsides and a pulsating undercurrent of costus, with its musky goat-like horns that is perhaps the reason why Pan jumps into the picture. From Wordnik.com. [Kouros] Reference
Some characteristic endemics exclusive to the Park such as Caňadas rockrose Helianthemum juliae, Teide edelweiss Gnaphalium teydeum or the thistle Stemmacantha cynaroides number only 200 specimens; of others, like the endemic Teide burnet Bencomia exstipulata, there are barely 60 specimens - almost 75% of the natural specimens of this species grow on the summits of Tenerife and La Palma. From Wordnik.com. [Teide National Park, Spain] Reference
And there were lots of other flowers: various kinds of rockrose, asphodel, wild. From Wordnik.com. [Heraclitean Fire] Reference
First, a little grass slope, covered with the prettiest flowers, rockrose and saxifrage, and thyme and basil, and all sorts of sweet herbs. From Wordnik.com. [The Water-Babies] Reference
So the Provençal scrub in the spring, with the wild lavender and rockrose in flower, and orchids and gladiolus, and pine and broom, and the nightingales singing, and butterflies everywhere … love it. From Wordnik.com. [Heraclitean Fire] Reference
Why: Carpets of cyclamens, oak trees, two types of rockrose - sage leaf and hairy - hummingbirds, humming of army radios, prickly burnet in the spring and prickly gatherings of demonstrators and soldiers in every season of the year. From Wordnik.com. [Window Into Palestine] Reference
Canadian rockrose. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Flowers Worth Knowing] Reference
Tags: Cistus, rockrose, flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-05-01] Reference
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