genus
Cliffbushes
Jamesia
Field notes
Jamesia is a genus of shrubs in the Hydrangeaceae, most commonly known as Jamesia, cliffbush or waxflower. It is native to interior western North America, in the U.S. states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming and in northeastern Mexico, where it grows in mountains at 1,600–3,000 m elevation.
Modern species are characterized by grey or reddish-brown bark and five-petaled flowers in white or pink.
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Shrubs
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native cliffbushes All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
