Cistus ladanifer, Gum Rockrose - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Gum Rockrose, Labdanum, Common gum cistus, Brown-eyed Rockrose

Botanical name & synonyms: Cistus ladanifer, Cistus grandiflorus, Cistus mariae, Cistus palhinhae, Ladanium officinarum, Cistus ladaniferus f. immaculatus, Cistus ladanosma, Cistus viscosus

Family: Rock rose family (Cistaceae)

• native to western Mediterranean region
  

• perennial, evergreen shrub
  

• 100 to 250cm
  

• flower IV to VI
  

• winterhardy to -18°C
  

• ornamental & resin producing plant (Labdanum)
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 0,23 gram