| Scientific Name: | Cistus x canescens |
| Common Name: | rock rose |
| Family Name: | Cistaceae |
| Origin: | Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Obovate, Ciliate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Pink, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Aborted (hybrids) or absent |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, simple, obovate, entire, 2-3cm long; flowers cup-shaped with 5 petals, pink, 4-5cm wide, July to August. | |