Pink rockrose / غبرة / لبّيد زهري /

اللباد الأحمر / اللّبيد / قريضة / قريضة كريتية / قريضة وردية / لاذَن / هنبل /

Cistus creticus L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to June
Seed collection period
May to June
Potential medicinal uses
  • Aromatic
  • Carminative
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Chamaephyte

Scientifc data

Genus
Cistus
Family
Cistaceae
Wikidata item
Q891305
GBIF Item
Cistus creticus L. (6438085)
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least concern

References

  1. Machaka Houri, N., Houri, A.(2014). Wild Flowers of Lebanon with Special Focus on Key Biodiversity Areas.Beirut:Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  2. Cistus creticus L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-04-10.
  3. Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
  4. Mashjar Juthour.(2017). Palestinian Wildflower Pocket Guide(English and Arabic)
  5. Al Sheikh, B. (2019). Checklist and Ecological Data Base of Wild Plants of the West Bank - Palestine (Arabic).
  6. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  7. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  8. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.

Citation

Cistus creticus L. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/496 accessed via barari.org on 6/22/2025.

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