Pink To Purplish Cistus Albidus Open Flower. Macro Royalty-Free Stock Photography

Cistus Albidus open flower with her evergreen leaves as unfocused background. Cistus are evergreen shrubs with simple, opposite leaves and 5-petalled, bowl-shaped, white, pink or purplish flowers, each lasting a single day, over a long period in summer. C. albidus is a compact, bushy, evergreen shrub with oblong, white-felted leaves that gives them a pale green-grey appearance. Papery flowers borne in summer are pale rose-lilac with golden-yellow centres. It is in leaf all year, in flower in June, and the seeds ripen in August. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by Bees. The plant is self-fertile.Suitable for: light sandy and medium loamy soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: acid, neutral and basic alkaline soils and can grow in very alkaline soils.It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought. The plant can tolerate maritime exposure.Cistus albidus is native to Mediterranean such as south-western Europe and western north Africa and is shrub of the family Cistaceae. They are very common in the Tramuntana mountains in the island of Majorca.