Purshia mexicana Calflora

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Taxon Report

Purshia mexicana (D. Don) S. L. Welsh

Mexican cliffrose

2023 Bob Steele

2015 Ron Wolf

2000 Gary A. Monroe

Purshia mexicana is a shrub that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~53 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Purshia
Family:	Rosaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Name Status:
Accepted by PLANTS

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Cowania mexicana var. dubia
PLANTS	Cowania mexicana

Information about Purshia mexicana from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. USDA PLANTS Profile (PUME) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).