Latin name: Cistus Xpurpureus
  Pronunciation: SIS-tus per-per-ee-us

  Common name: Orchid rock-rose
  Family: Cistaceae (Rock-rose)
  Habitat: Planted situations and garden escape,
  infertile hybrid cultivar of C. ladanifer and C.
  creticus

  Blooming period: Spring
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Cistus
  2) purpureus
 
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