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In the botanical name, the specific epithet \u201ceriocephalus\u201d is composed of the Greek words \u201cerion\u201d, meaning wool, and \u201ckephale\u201d, meaning head, to refer to its densely hairy capsules. The rockrose loves the sun (heliophyte) and heat (thermophyte). <strong>The flowers are melliferous and hermaphroditic, as they contain both pollen (in the stamens) and the reproductive organ (in the pistil)<\/strong>; the pollen carried by insects into the pistil (which contains the ovary) fertilises it. <strong>Pollination<\/strong> is entomogamous, i.e. it occurs via <strong>bees, bumblebees and butterflies<\/strong>. The large, showy petals are deep pink or light purple (sometimes white) and are typically \u201ccrumpled\u201d. <strong>Its habitat is Mediterranean scrubland, garrigue, and forest edges<\/strong>, often in association with C. salviifolius. 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