Cistus albidus, the grey-leaved cistus,[2] is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae, with pink to purple flowers, native to south-western Europe and western north Africa.

They have three prominent veins and are densely covered with short hairs, producing a greyish-white appearance.

[3] Cistus albidus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 in Species Plantarum (p. 524).

[1] The specific epithet albidus means "whitish", referring to the leaves and shoots.

C. creticus is found largely in the eastern Mediterranean, and the distributions of the two species show little overlap.