chamaecistus,-a,-um from Gr. chamai-, -in compounds- on the ground, hence low growing, dwarf;, and Cistus, genus (Cistaceae): : low growing plant related to Cistus
 
76002 875976 Rhododendron chamaecistus L. W. Curtis, Bot. Mag., vol. 14 : t. 488 (1800) [S.T. Edwards]