Pink Cistus Albidus Open Flower With Multiple Buds Royalty-Free Stock Image

Cistus Albidus open flower, multiple buds and leaflets 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.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, Spain.