27 A.C.

The family of the Cistacées is a family of plants Dicotylédone S which includes/understands 175 Espèce S into 9 kind S:

  • Cistus, Fumana, Halimium, Helianthemum, Hudsonia, Lechea, Tuberaria, X Halimiocistus .

They are shrubs, plants herbaceous, hairy or hairy, perennial or annual, with often opposed simple sheets, solitary flowers or in cymes, with 5 free petals of the areas moderated with subtropical especially present around the Mediterranean basin.

Among the various kinds, one can quote in the flora of France:

Many species are used as decorative plants.

The phylogenetic classification locates this family in the order of the Malvales.

External bonds

  • regional photographic Flora

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