Vernacular names
Salvia cistu, Gallipoli rose, Moorish jaguarzo
Family
Cistaceae
Height
Shrub: between 20 and 90 cm high. Maximum size, 100 cm
Hábitat
It is abundant in mountain areas of the mountains near the city at a not very high altitude, in meso- and supra- Mediterranean bioclimatic floors. It can survive in poor soils.
Altitud
From 50 to 1,800 metres.
Distribution
Mediterranean region, scattered throughout almost the entire Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands.
Identification
Erect stems, covered with fine stellate or floppy hairs.
The leaves, opposite and without stipules, petiolate, are dark green, not viscous like others of the genus and are not very fragrant either. Rough margin and limb covered with stellate hairs on the upper side, and sub fasciculate on the lower side.
The flowers are gathered in cyme-type inflorescences, from 2 to 10 cm long, with up to 2 or 3 flowers, being the peduncle and the pedicels densely populated with stellate hairs; they have bracts of 7 to 18 mm long, narrow and persistent. The corolla, formed by 5 petals of 14 - 20 x 12 - 16 mm, are white.
The fruit is a capsule of 5 - 7 mm long, arranged on an erect, globose peduncle, which is opened by 5 valves to release numerous seeds of almost 1 mm, reticulated.
Blooming
Between April and June
Applications
It has medicinal properties such as astringent and also as healing. In some countries of the Mediterranean environment it is used to make infusions.
Threat category
It is included in the Red List of the Vascular Flora of Andalusia.
LC Category, Least Concern.
