Purshia

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.

Purshia
Purshia stansburyana
Scientific classification
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
Range
Synonyms
  • Cowania D.Don ex Tilloch & Taylor
  • Greggia Engelm.
  • Kunzia Spreng.
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