Cistus salvifolius


More infos about Cistus and Rockroses are displayed on Robert G. Page's site, an english specialist of the site and the NCCPG collection holder of such genus :
http://users.classicfm.net/cistuspage/

Ladanum or Labdanum
  Laudanum an Opium solution has nothing to do with Cistus. The substance produced by Cistus creticus subsp. creticus, which was gathered combing goat's hairs is ladanum (or labdanum). It is still a valuable and important commodity in perfumery, for its smell and as a fixing compound. It is still gathered in the traditional way around one village in Crete. The main commercial production is in Spain and France, from another species, C. ladanifer.

C. creticus (also named C. incanus), or C. parviflorus

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