Cistus horrens
| Cistus horrens | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Genus: | Cistus |
| Species: | C. horrens
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| Binomial name | |
| Cistus horrens Demoly[1]
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Cistus horrens is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, with purple to pink flowers. It is endemic to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.
Description
Cistus horrens generally resembles the more widespread Cistus symphytifolius. Differences include young branches covered with simple hairs; leaf blades grayer and shorter, densely covered with simple, glandular and stellate hairs on the upper surface and with longer simple hairs on the lower surface, with some glandular hairs on the nerves; sepals densely covered with simple hairs; and smaller fruiting capsules with fewer seeds.[2]
References
- ^ "Cistus horrens", The Plant List, retrieved 2015-03-02
- ^ "Cistus horrens Demoly", Jardín Botánico Viera y Clavijo (in Spanish), Cabildo de Gran Canaria, retrieved 2015-03-13
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