English name
Montpelier Rock Rose
Italian name
Cisto di Montpellier, Rembrottine, Muschio
Distribution
Mediterranean bush, North
Africa, Macaronesia,
temperate climate
Southeastern Asia, Australia
and North America.
In Italy prefers scrub
and garrigues (0-700 m).
Africa, Macaronesia,
temperate climate
Southeastern Asia, Australia
and North America.
In Italy prefers scrub
and garrigues (0-700 m).
Chorological type
Mediterranean and Macaronesia.
Habitat
Grows in garrigues and arid, sunny sites (0–700 m a.s.l.), typifying degraded cistus scrub. A classic pyrophyte with heat-resistant seeds enabling rapid post-fire colonization; xerophilous, heliophilous, acidophilous.
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