Introductory
SPECIES: Purshia mexicana var. stansburiana | Stansbury Cliffrose 



ABBREVIATION : 
PURMEXS

SYNONYMS : 
   Cowania mexicana D. Don ssp. stansburiana (Torr.) Jepson [41]
   Cowania stansburiana Torr. [93]
   Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Welsh var. stansburyana (Torr.) Welsh [33]
   Purshia stansburiana (Torr.) Henrickson [40,96]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   PUST


COMMON NAMES : 
   Stansbury cliffrose
   cliffrose
   quinine bush


TAXONOMY : 
The scientific name of Stansbury cliffrose is Purshia mexicana (D. Don)
Welsh. var. stansburiana (Torr.) Welsh [97].  Mexican cliffrose, P.
mexicana var. mexicana, occurs primarily in Mexico and is discussed very
little in this report.

Stansbury cliffrose hybridizes with antelope bitterbrush (P.
tridentata) [51,87,97], desert bitterbrush (P. glandulosa) [8,42,62),
and rarely with Apache plume (Fallugia paradora) [8].  Hybrid swarms of
P. mexicana var. stansburiana X P. tridentata are common in Utah
[21,85,86,87], and hybrid swarms of P. mexicana var. stansburiana X P.
glandulosa are common in Utah, Nevada, and southern California [21,87].


LIFE FORM : 
Tree, Shrub

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
J. L. Holifield, August 1987


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
Janet L. Howard, June 1995


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Howard, Janet L. 1995; Holifield, J. L. 1987. Purshia mexicana var.
stansburiana. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Purshia mexicana var. stansburiana | Stansbury Cliffrose