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Bitterbrush

Purshia

Also called Bitterbrushes, Cliffroses And Bitterbrushes

Bitterbrush
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)

About

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.

Where it grows

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.

Other Purshia plants

Desert bitterbrush · Mexican cliffrose · Cliff rose · Antelope bitterbrush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Purshia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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