Montpelier cistus
Cistus monspeliensis L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- —
- tall
- 99 cm
- wide
- 1.5 m
Cistaceae
Formerly Cistus affinis, Cistus collinus, Cistus feredjensis, Cistus oleifolius, and 2 more
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- SubtropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Macaronesia, Medit.Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from RHS, one source
- Height
- 99 cmRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 0.5–1 m; Wikipedia 1–1 m
- Spread
- 1.5 mRead from RHS and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: RHS 1–1.5 m; Wikipedia 1.5–1.5 m
- Coldest it survives
- -10 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: water, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (7)
- Catalan
- Estepa negra
- German
- Montpellier-Zistrose
- Spanish
- Jaguarzo
- Finnish
- Kaitakistus
- French
- Ciste de Montpellier
- Portuguese
- Sargação
- Chinese
- 白岩蔷薇
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Cistus monspeliensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.