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Purshia stansburyana
Also called Stansbury's Cliffrose, Cliffrose, Stansbury's Cliff Rose
Stansbury's cliffrose is a drought-tolerant shrub or small tree of the rose family, native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico, often found clinging to rocky cliffs and limestone slopes. It is grown mainly for its fragrant white flowers and for revegetation of dry, degraded land.
Purshia stansburyana is a species of flowering plant in the rose family known by the common name Stansbury's cliffrose. It is native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where it grows in woodlands, desert, and plateau habitat. It often grows anchored on cliffs and prefers rocky, granular soils, especially limestone.
The Stansbury's cliffrose shrub provides valuable browse for many wild ungulates, including elk, mule deer, and desert bighorn sheep, as well as livestock. Many birds and rodents consume the seeds, with rodents caching them underground, where they may sprout later.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Purshia stansburyana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
