Helianthemum.—Frostwort.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Cistus creticus L.
Engl.: hairy rockrose, shaggy rock-rose.
Deu.: Kretische Zistrose, Graubehaarte Cistrose, Griechische Bergrose.
Sven.: kretacistros.
Pharm.: labdanum, resina ladanum.
Bot. syn.: Cistus incanus L, Cistus villosus auct. non L., Cistus villosus L.
Pre-Linnaean:
Cistus ladanifera cretica, flore purpureo. Tournef. Coroll. Infl. rei herb. p. 19. Voyage du Levant. t. i. p. 29. (Woodville 1790)
Cistus ladanifera vera. Park. Theat. p. 666. (Woodville 1790)
Cistus, Ledon Cretense. Bauh. Pin. p. 467. (Woodville 1790)
Cistus Ledon Matthioli. Gerard. Emac. p. 1286. (Woodville 1790)
Cistus (creticus) arborescens, foliis ovato-lanceolatis, hirsutis, marginibus undulatis, floribus terminalibus. Miller. Dict. Jacqu. ic. collect. i. p. 80. (Woodville 1790)
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Elizabeth Blackwell, 1737 (Vol. 1), 1739 (Vol. 2).
Classic texts: Woodville 1790-1794.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1895.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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