× Halimiocistus revolii (Coste & Soulié) Dansereau

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'× Halimiocistus revolii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/x-halimiocistus/x-halimiocistus-revolii/). Accessed 2024-04-25.

Genus

× Halimiocistus

Synonyms

× Halimiocistus revolii Coste & Soulié

Other taxa in genus

Glossary

ovary: Lowest part of the carpel containing the ovules; later developing into the fruit.
apex: (pl. apices) Tip. apical At the apex.
cuneate: Wedge-shaped.
glabrous: Lacking hairs smooth. glabrescent Becoming hairless.
hybrid: Plant originating from the cross-fertilisation of genetically distinct individuals (e.g. two species or two subspecies).
obtuse: Blunt.
imparipinnate: Odd-pinnate; (of a compound leaf) with a central rachis and an uneven number of leaflets due to the presence of a terminal leaflet. (Cf. paripinnate.)
sessile: Lacking a stem or stalk.
stigma: (in a flower) The part of the carpel that receives pollen and on which it germinates. May be at the tip of a short or long style or may be reduced to a stigmatic surface at the apex of the ovary.
venation: Pattern of veins (nerves) especially in a leaf.

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'× Halimiocistus revolii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/x-halimiocistus/x-halimiocistus-revolii/). Accessed 2024-04-25.

A dwarf densely branched shrub 1 to 2 ft high; stems densely covered with white, spreading hairs. Leaves elliptic to broadly so, obtuse to rounded at the apex, cuneate at the base, 1⁄4 to 3⁄4 in. long, 1⁄8 to 1⁄4 in. wide, the lower ones green above and short-stalked, the upper ones sessile, grey-hairy above, all leaves hairy beneath; venation pinnate, prominent beneath. Flowers in terminal cymes. Sepals mostly five, silky-hairy on the outside. Petals white, yellow at the base (or pale yellow with a deeper yellow base). Ovary glabrous; stigma sessile.

A natural hybrid between Halimium alyssoides and Cistus salviifolius, described from a plant found in 1914 in the Cevennes, France, on the borders between the departments of Ardèchc and Gard; introduced by Sir Oscar Warburg and his son E. F. Warburg and first shown by the former from his garden at Epsom in 1936. It is a pretty, moderately hardy shrub, flowering June and July. The flowers remain open until late afternoon.