Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: jara

Cistus / jara / rock rose.

Cistus / jara / rock rose.

Andy Rodker
24 Jan 2022 65 58 554
La Sierra de La Cabrera.
Spring won't be long a-coming, the nights are already getting shorter.

Spring won't be long a-coming, the nights are alre…

Andy Rodker
30 Dec 2019 29 32 483
Cistus, jara or rock rose, and granite.Sierra de La Cabrera.
Cistus (rock rose or jara)

Cistus (rock rose or jara)

Andy Rodker
12 Sep 2019 34 17 383
Sierra de La Cabrera, granite country, lookng north towards the valley of the Lozoya.
Cistus or jara or (in English) rock-rose, in its wild state, carpeting the mountainside in May around here.

Cistus or jara or (in English) rock-rose, in its w…

Andy Rodker
30 Jul 2019 12 9 261
The two dominant varieties are visible together.
Cistus siblings and granite

Cistus siblings and granite

Andy Rodker
28 May 2019 14 10 335
I'm fond of these, the flower heads of the cistus seem to have 'personality!'
Cistus

Cistus

Andy Rodker
14 May 2019 13 9 247
There are three main cistus types in the Sierra, this one wth its magenta smudge at the base of the petal, an all white petal version (the most common) and a miniature version, very much smaller.
Jara, or cistus

Jara, or cistus

Andy Rodker
12 Jul 2018 37 24 380
I didn't see any this Spring so have raided the archives and found this from 2017, previously unpublished. Sierra de La Cabrera.
Cistus or jara

Cistus or jara

Andy Rodker
21 Dec 2020 49 27 786
Sometimes called rock rose in English and quite appropriate here in granite country! Also called gum cistus (yes, it's sticky to the touch). First aired in 2015.
Gum cistus and granite. The path up to El Cancho Gordo.

Gum cistus and granite. The path up to El Cancho G…

Andy Rodker
15 Sep 2017 15 16 402
La Sierra de La Cabrera in spring. Good walking country and the wildflowers fill the air with a heady scent!
Gum cistus, Sierra de La Cabrera

Gum cistus, Sierra de La Cabrera

Andy Rodker
17 Jan 2021 39 50 690
Known as jara, locally. It dominates the hillsides of Central Spain and Portugal in April and May. Spring revisited no 9.
Twins. Cistus, or jara, Sierra de La Cabrera

Twins. Cistus, or jara, Sierra de La Cabrera

Andy Rodker
26 Apr 2017 52 56 1303
Covering the hillsides in late April and May. Central and southern Spain and Portugal.
La Cabrera, gum cistus everywhere

La Cabrera, gum cistus everywhere

Andy Rodker
05 Nov 2016 20 17 557
May 2011. Spring in La Sierra de La Cabrera