Cistus x purpureus (Orchid rockrose)

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Cistus x purpureus (Orchid stockrose) growing in Cape Town garden. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

A hybrid of Cistus creticus and Cistus ladanifer. Cultivated as a garden ornamental plant, including in southern Africa.