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Rockroses
Most rated Cistus records are fire-resistant — 3 of 11 records, including the genus rated as a group. These counts describe the cited records — 11 records carrying 528 evidence rows from 44 cited sources; they do not make one verdict for the genus.
Rated as a group: Rock-rose Cistus spp. Keep away Majority — dissent on page 5 sources rate the genus as a
whole. Species evidence never rolls upward into a genus verdict, and genus claims never
override a species record.
› Fire-resistant
3 species
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Cistus salviifolius Fire-resistant Cistus salvaefolius - Descanso rockrose Fire-resistant Cistus crispus
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Orchid rockrose Fire-resistant Cistus purpureus
Keep away
1 species
Awaiting evidence
6 species
- Cistus creticus Awaiting evidence Cistus creticus
- Cistus ladanifer Awaiting evidence Cistus ladanifer
- Cistus incanus Awaiting evidence Cistus incanus
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Grey-leaved rockrose Awaiting evidence Cistus albidus - Laurel-leaved rockrose Awaiting evidence Cistus laurifolius
- Purple rockrose Awaiting evidence Cistus villosus
About rockroses
Corpus context. Cistus is the directory's #45 largest of 550 genus groups: 11 records carrying 528 evidence rows from 44 cited sources, recorded as shrub , hardy across USDA zones 7–10. Those are corpus facts, not a whole-genus flammability claim.
More about Cistus: Wikipedia — external references; not evidence sources.