Purshia
| Purshia | |
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| Purshia stansburyana | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Dryadoideae |
| Genus: | Purshia DC. ex Poir. |
| Type species | |
| Purshia tridentata | |
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Purshia (bitterbrush or cliff-rose) is a small genus of 5–8 species of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae which are native to western North America.
Description
[edit | edit source]Purshia species form deciduous or evergreen shrubs, typically reaching 0.3–5 metres (1–16+1⁄2 feet) tall. The leaves are 1–3 centimetres (1⁄2–1+1⁄4 inches) long, deeply three- to five-lobed, with revolute margins. The flowers are 1–2 cm in diameter, with five white to pale yellow or pink petals and yellow stamens. The fruit is a cluster of dry, slender, leathery achenes which are 2–6 cm long. The roots have nodules that host nitrogen-fixing Frankia bacterium.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Taxonomic history
[edit | edit source]The genus was originally placed in the subfamily Rosoideae.[2] In the past, the evergreen species were treated separately in the genus Cowania; this genus is still accepted by some botanists.
Modern classification
[edit | edit source]The classification of Purshia within the family Rosaceae has been unclear.[3][4] It is now placed in the subfamily Dryadoideae.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]Purshia comprises the following species:[5][6]
- Purshia ericifolia (Torr. ex A.Gray) Henr. – Heath cliffrose (Texas)
- Purshia glandulosa Curran – Desert bitterbrush (Nevada, Utah, Arizona)
- Purshia mexicana (D.Don) Henr. – Mexican cliffrose (Mexico, Arizona)
- Purshia pinkavae Schaack – Pinkava's cliffrose (Arizona)
- Purshia plicata (D.Don) Henrard (syn. Cowania plicata) – Antelope bush (Nuevo León, Mexico).
- Purshia stansburyana (Torr.) Henr. – Stansbury cliffrose (Idaho south to California, Arizona and New Mexico)
- Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. – Antelope bitterbrush (British Columbia south to California and New Mexico)
Hybrids
[edit | edit source]The following hybrid has been described:[5]
- Purshia × subintegra (Kearney) Henr. (P. pinkavae × P. stansburyana) – (Arizona)
Species names with uncertain taxonomic status
[edit | edit source]The status of the following species and hybrids is unresolved:[5]
- Purshia ciliata Dennst.
- Purshia mollis Lehm.
- Purshia plicata (D.Don) Henr.
- Purshia subintegra (Kearney) Henrickson
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]The genus is native to western North America, where the species grow in dry climates from southeast British Columbia, Canada, south throughout the western United States to northern Mexico.
Gallery
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P. tridentata, Lava Beds National Monument
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P. stansburiana, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
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P. stansburiana, Red Rock Canyon, Nevada
References
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External links
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- Jepson Flora Project: Purshia — (click 'taxon' to see treatments of California native species)
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