Cistus × skanbergii
Single pink flower of the Cistus skanbergii
GenusCistus
Hybrid parentageCistus monspeliensis × Cistus parviflorus
Cultivarx skanbergii

Cistus × skanbergii is a compact, bushy variety of rockrose, with pale pink flowers and grey-green foliage. It is also known by the common name dwarf pink rockrose.[1]

Taxonomy

It was first described as a species by Italian botanist Michele Lojacono Pojero,[2] who dedicated it "to Mr. A. Skanberg of Stockholm, an excellent botanist and most beloved friend".[3]

It is a natural hybrid between Cistus monspeliensis and Cistus parviflorus which originates where the two species overlap in Greece and Sicily.

Description

It is a low, dense subshrub that is 2 to 3 or 4 feet tall by 4-5 or 6 feet wide with soft, grey-green leaves. From spring to early summer, the 1 inch wide, pale pink flowers are borne with yellow stamens in the center.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Cistus x skanbergii | dwarf pink rockrose/RHS Gardening". www.rhs.org.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Domina, G; Greuter, W; Mazzola, P; Raimondo, FM (2014). "Names of Italian vascular plants published by Michele Lojacono Pojero". Flora Mediterranea.
  3. ↑ Lojacono, M (1882). "Una escursione botanica in Lampedusa (continua)". Il Naturalista siciliano. anno 4 (1884-1885): 96.
  4. ↑ Cistus x skanbergii - Pink Rockrose by San Marcos Growers
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