v maculatus. San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, CA 5-10-07. © Joan Avise

Crimson-spotted Rock Rose
(Brown-eyed Rockrose, Gum Rockrose, Laudanum, Labdanum, Ccommon Gum Cistus)

Cistus ladanifer

Exotic species, native to the western Mediterranean region.

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v maculatus. UCI Ecological Preserve , Irvine, CA 3-31-10. © Joan Avise

UCI Ecol. Preserve, 12-22-11. © Ron Vanderhoff.

Whispering Hills Trail, San Juan Hills, 12-11-11. © Ron Vanderhoff.

Whispering Hills Trail, San Juan Hills, 12-11-11. © Ron Vanderhoff.

Whispering Hills Trail, San Juan Hills, 12-11-11. © Ron Vanderhoff.

Whispering Hills Trail, San Juan Hills, 12-11-11. © Ron Vanderhoff.

Whispering Hills Trail, San Juan Hills, 12-11-11. © Ron Vanderhoff.
 

White-flowered rock rose (Cistus ladanifer v albiflorus). San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, CA. 4-11-09. © Joan Avise


Orchid rock rose (Cistus X purpureus = C.ladanifer x C.incanus creticus). San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary, Irvine, CA 8-02-08. © Joan Avise