Cistus
Meikle, R.D. 1977: Flora of Cyprus 1 but modified, supplemented and names used differing
1 | Flowers pink |
1' | Flowers white |
2 | Leaves longitudinally 3-nerved, grey-tomentose; style very short, < 0.5 mm long; capsule 8 x 5 mm |
2' | Leaves penninerved, not distinctly grey-tomentose; style elongate, 2.5-4 mm long; capsule 6-10 x 6-8 mm |
3 | Whole plant glandular and viscid; leaves broadly obovate, strongly rugose with crisped or undulate margins |
3' | Plant much less glandular and scarcely viscid, upper parts of stems and sepals often densely clothed with long white hairs; leaves often rather narrowly obovate, obscurely rugose and with flat or slightly crisped margins |
4 | Leaves ovate or oblong; outer sepals distinctly cordate |
4' | Leaves linear-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate; outer sepals not distinctly cordate |
5 | Flowers small (seldom more than 2.5 cm diam.) in scorpioid or umbel-like cymes; leaves with conspicuous venation; capsule c. 4-5 mm diam. |
5' | Flowers large (5-9 cm or more diam.), solitary at the ends of lateral branchlets; leaves with inconspicuous venation; capsule c. 13 mm diam. |