Cistus ocymoides

Cistus ocymoides (syn. Halimium ocymoides), the basil-leaved rock rose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, native to Portugal and Spain in the Iberian Peninsula, and northern Morocco in Northwest Africa.^[2] It is an erect evergreen shrub growing to 60 cm (24 in) tall by 100 cm (3 ft) wide, with woolly grey-green leaves and bright yellow flowers in spring. The flowers may have a dark brown blotch at the base of each petal.^[3][4]

Cistus ocymoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Cistaceae
Genus:	Cistus
Species:	C. ocymoides
Binomial name
Cistus ocymoides Lam. (1786)
Synonyms[1]
Cistus algarvensis Sims (1803) Cistus elongatus Vahl (1790) Cistus involucratus Lam. (1786) Cistus sampsucifolius Cav. (1791) Halimium heterophyllum Spach (1836) Halimium ocymoides (Lam.) Willk. (1878) Helianthemum algarvense (Sims) Dunal (1824) Helianthemum heterophyllum Steud. (1840) Helianthemum microphyllum Sweet (1829) Helianthemum ocimifolium Pourr. ex Nyman (1878) Helianthemum ocymoides (Lam.) Pers. (1806) Helianthemum rugosum Sweet (1828), nom. illeg. Stegitris algarviensis Raf. (1838)

In cultivation this plant requires a sandy soil and full sun.^[5]