Cistus ladanifer (Crimson Spot Rockrose) - Non-Native

 4/6/97 Road from Chantry Flat at lower parking lot to Sturtevant Trail, 

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

5/6/01 Chantry flat to Sturtevant Trail

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Crimson Spot Rockrose

SPECIES: Cistus ladanifer

FAMILY: Cistaceae (Rockrose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 4/6/1997

LOCATION: Road from Chantry Flat at lower parking lot to Sturtevant Trail, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Stem 1–2.5 m, shiny, resinous, sticky, with sessile glands

Leaf sessile, 4–8 cm, linear-lanceolate to narrow-oblong, generally with 3 main veins from base

Inflorescence: flowers solitary at ends of lateral branchlets

Flower: sepals 3; petals 3–5 cm, white, generally with red or yellow blotch at base; style short

Ecology: Uncommon. Disturbed places

Elevation: < 300 m.  

Bioregional distribution: s Central Coast, San Gabriel Mountains 

Distribution outside California: native to sw Europe

[sometimes mispelled  ladaniferus]