Cistus ladanifer is a species of flowering plant in the Cistaceae family.
Its common names are rockrose, cistus, white-flowered rockrose, labdanum rockrose, cistus-lada, common rockrose, rockroses, cistus, lada, labdanum, ledon, labdanum, xara or roselha.
It is native to the western part of the Mediterranean region, growing spontaneously from southern France to Portugal and northwest Africa. The name of the rockrose genus - Cistus - comes from its fruits being globose capsules with 7 to 10 compartments. Etymologically it comes from the Greek "ciste", which means box, basket.
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