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  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies
  6. Rose Family
  7. Dryadoideae
  8. Cliffroses and Bitterbrushes

genus

Cliffroses and Bitterbrushes

Purshia

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Antelope Bitterbrush native
  • Stansbury's Cliffrose native
  • Desert Bitterbrush native
  • Pink Cliffrose present
  • Mexican Cliffrose
  • Chihuahuan Cliffrose native
  • Arizona Cliffrose
  • Pinkava's Cliffrose

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Trees
Plant type
Perennial Shrub Tree

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native cliffroses and bitterbrushes All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Antelope Bitterbrush Purshia tridentata caterpillars 24 food 2 flowers 33
  • Desert Bitterbrush Purshia glandulosa caterpillars 9 food 1 flowers 2
  • Stansbury's Cliffrose Purshia stansburyana caterpillars 7 food 1 flowers 1
  • Chihuahuan Cliffrose Purshia ericifolia

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