rockrose
Noun
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Any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers (synset 112396590)
is a type of: helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose - any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regionssame as: rock rose
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Small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa;
Grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage (synset 112394935)subtypes:- cistus albidus, white-leaved rockrose - compact white pubescent shrub of southwestern Europe having pink flowers
- cistus ladanifer, cistus ladanum, common gum cistus - shrub having white flowers and viscid stems and leaves yielding a fragrant oleoresin used in perfumes especially as a fixative
belongs to: cistus, genus cistus - small to medium-sized evergreen shrubs of southern Europe and North Africasame as: rock rose
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