Montpelier cistus

Description:

Cistus monspeliensis is a shrub with evergreen leaves and a hairy, glandular, sticky texture. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, green, wrinkly, and up to 5 centimeters long. The inflorescence is generally a panicle of 2 to 8 flowers, each with five sepals and white petals

Habitat:

It is native to southern Europe and northern Africa, in the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecosystems of matorral—maquis shrublands.