Andy Rodker's photos with the keyword: cistus jara or rock rose

In the Sierra de La Cabrera. Two varieties seen here. I like both the blowsier pure-white petal one and the more compact carmine-flecked one.

Sierra de La Cabrera. Rock rose. Spanish has cistus and also jara (jara, apparently means smelling of sh.t in arabic). But I don't get it. Yes, there can be a heady, cloying, almost sickly air on some days but usually the aroma, mixed in with the lavender, rosemary and thyme is to die for!