Cistus × purpureus, commonly known as orchid rockrose, is one of the most commonly cultivated varieties of rockrose.

[1] It is a small and bushy subshrub that grows 120cm to 180cm high and wide with wavy, dense, dull green leaves.

[2] The pink flowers, which appear from spring to summer, are 8cm (3 in) across that have petals with a dark blotch towards the centre.

Each flower lasts a day, though a succession of flowers appear throughout the flowering season.

[1] The hybrid cultivar was first formally described in 1786 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in the botany division of the Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières.