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| image = Petrophyton caespitosum 1.jpg
| image = Petrophyton caespitosum 1.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Petrophyton caespitosum]]''
| image_caption = ''[[Petrophytum caespitosum]]''
| display_parents = 2
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| taxon = Petrophytum
| unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
| authority =(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.
| unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
| unranked_ordo = [[Rosids]]
| ordo = [[Rosales]]
| familia = [[Rosaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Amygdaloideae]]<ref name=Potter>Potter, D., et al. (2007). Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae. ''Plant Systematics and Evolution''. 266(1–2): 5–43. <nowiki>[Referring to the subfamily by the name "Spiraeoideae"]</nowiki></ref>
| genus = '''''Petrophyton'''''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
| subdivision = 4 - see text
4 - see text
}}
}}

'''''Petrophyton''''' ([[orthographical variant|orth. var.]] '''''Petrophytum''''') is a small genus of plants in the [[Rosaceae|rose family]] known as the '''rock spiraeas''' or '''rockmats'''. These are low mat-forming shrubs which send up erect stems bearing [[Inflorescence|spike inflorescences]] of flowers. The brushy flowers are white and have many [[stamen]]s and hairy, thready [[Carpel|pistil]]s. Rockmats are native to western North America.
'''''Petrophytum''''' ([[orthographical variant|orth. var.]] '''''Petrophyton''''') is a small genus of plants in the [[Rosaceae|rose family]] known as the '''rock spiraeas''' or '''rockmats'''. These are low mat-forming shrubs which send up erect stems bearing [[Inflorescence|spike inflorescences]] of flowers. The brushy flowers are white and have many [[stamen]]s and hairy, thready [[Carpel|pistil]]s. Rockmats are native to western North America.


Species:
Species:
*''[[Petrophyton acuminatum]]'' - big arroyo rockmat
*''[[Petrophytum caespitosum]]'' mat rock spiraea
*''[[Petrophytum cinerascens]]'' — halfshrub rockmat, Chelan rockmat
*''[[Petrophyton caespitosum]]'' - mat rock spiraea
*''[[Petrophyton cinerascens]]'' - halfshrub rockmat, Chelan rockmat
*''[[Petrophytum hendersonii]]'' Olympic Mountain rockmat
*''[[Petrophyton hendersonii]]'' - Olympic Mountain rockmat


==References and external links==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6817 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6677,6817 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PETRO2 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=PETRO2 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Petrophytum The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species]

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Latest revision as of 01:04, 23 March 2021

Petrophytum
Petrophytum caespitosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Amygdaloideae
Tribe: Spiraeeae
Genus: Petrophytum
(Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Rydb.
Species

4 - see text

Petrophytum (orth. var. Petrophyton) is a small genus of plants in the rose family known as the rock spiraeas or rockmats. These are low mat-forming shrubs which send up erect stems bearing spike inflorescences of flowers. The brushy flowers are white and have many stamens and hairy, thready pistils. Rockmats are native to western North America.

Species:

References[edit]

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