Purshia stansburyana

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Purshia stansburyana
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Purshia stansburyana

Systematics
Class : Bedecktsamer (Magnoliopsida)
Order : Rose-like (rosales)
Family : Rose family (Rosaceae)
Subfamily : Dryadoideae
Genre : Purshia
Type : Purshia stansburyana
Scientific name
Purshia stansburyana
( Torr. ) Henrickson

Purshia stansburyana is a species of plant in the genus Purshia within the rose family (Rosaceae). She is from the southwestern United States to northern Mexico used and is there english Stansbury's cliff rose called.

Description and ecology

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Purshia stansburyana is a shrub that usually reaches heights of 1 to 3 meters, but under exceptional circumstances it can also reach 4 to 8 meters; grown so tall it takes on a tree-like appearance. The stem axis is covered by a disheveled bark . The relatively small, very thick, bare leaves are divided into several lobes, which in turn can themselves be lobed. The top of the sheet is dotted.

The flowering period begins in spring and lasts until the first frost . Purshia stansburyana flowers in dense stands. The flowers smell very sweet. The white or cream-colored petals have a claw-like appearance.

The fruit is an achenes , a long, flag-like structure up to six centimeters long. It is the wind and by animals (eg. As rodents ) spread .

Site conditions

Purshia stansburyana grows in savannahs, deserts and in high plateau habitats. It is often anchored on steep slopes and prefers rocky, granular soils, especially on limestone .

The shrub is drought tolerant; the seedlings can even survive better in years with less than average rainfall .

use

Purshia stansburyana provides useful food for wild ungulates such as elk , mule deer and desert bighorn sheep, as well as domestic animals . Many birds and rodents eat the seeds, the rodents often burying them in the ground where they can later germinate.

Purshia stansburyana is used in renaturation projects in degraded habitats in its original range.

Purshia stansburyana is used as an ornamental plant . It was used by the Indians for a variety of purposes. The bark was made into fibers for clothing, bedding and ropes , while the branches were used as arrows .

Systematics

For Purshia stansburyana ( . Torr ) Henrickson has the following synonyms : Cowania stansburyana Torr. Cowania mexicana var. Stansburyana (Torr.) Jepson, Purshia mexicana var. Stansburyana (Torr.) SLWelsh

The specific epithet was originally written stansburiana , but due to a rule change in the ICBN in 2006, the spelling stansburyana was restored as the species was named in honor of Howard Stansbury .

Purshia stansburyana hybridizes easily with other Purshia species.

swell

  • A. Cronquist, NH Holmgren, PK Holmgren, A. Cronquist: Subclass Rosidae (except Fabales)  (= Intermountain flora: Vascular plants of the Intermountain West, USA), Volume 3A. The New York Botanical Garden, 1997, ISBN 0893273740 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Janet L. Howard: Purshia stansburiana . In: Fire Effects Information System (FEIS) . US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. 1995. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  2. ↑ Purshia stansburiana . In: Native American Ethnobotany DB . Retrieved August 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ James Henrickson: Purshia stansburyana (Torrey) Henrickson, Phytologia. 60: 468. 1986. (as stansburiana ) . In: Flora of North America . 2015. Accessed August 22, 2019.

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