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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...
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Purshia tridentata, with the
common name bitterbrush, is a
shrub in the
genus Purshia of the
family Rosaceae. It is
native to
mountainous areas of western...
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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...
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Purshia glandulosa is a
species of
flowering plant in the rose
family known by the
common names antelope bitterbrush,
desert bitterbrush,
Mojave antelope...
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Purshia mexicana is a
species of
perennial flowering small tree in the rose
family known by the
common name
Mexican cliffrose. It is
native to western-northern...
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includes five
genera (Dryas, Cercocarpus, Chamaebatia, Cowania, and
Purshia), most
species of
which form root
nodules which host nitrogen-fixing bacteria...
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Rosoideae of some
genera (notably Cercocarpus, Cowania,
Dryas and
Purshia)
previously included in the subfamily.
Acaena –
bidibidis Agrimonia – agrimonies...
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Plumbago (Leadwort)
Polygala (Milkwort)
Poncirus *
Prunus (Cherry) *
Purshia (Antelope Bush)
Pyracantha (Firethorn) Q Qu****ia (Qu****ia) *
Quercus (Oak)...
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Frederick Traugott Pursh was a German-American
botanist for whom the
Purshia genus and
several plants are named. "Crotalaria
purshii -
Species Details"...
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History Society of
Montreal 1878. His name is
commemorated in the
genus Purshia (bitterbush) and in
several species, e.g.
Rhamnus purshiana. The standard...
