White-leaf Rock-rose
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Cistus albidus
It is an evergreen shrub. The stem is woody. The leaves are silvery and hairy.
The flowers are very large with purple or rose petals with a yellow spot in the center, and they have a characteristic "wrinkled" look.
The fruit consists of a hairy capsule containing several seeds.
Masterpieces of the hall
The hall
The garden of the museum is not born by chance. It wants to give a suggestion. The walk that crosses recalls the path of a river and, on its "banks", there are some plants that existed already in Pleistocene. Almost all are still part of Mediterranean and temperate environments that characterize the Italian peninsula.