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Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
antelope bitterbrush
       
Symbol:   PUTR2  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Rosaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Shrub  
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    N



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Synonyms:
Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

  PUTRT Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. var. tridentata   antelope bush
 

Distribution:
Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

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USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC)
 

Related Taxa:
Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 7 species in Purshia
 

Classification:
Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Rosales
Family Rosaceae – Rose family
Genus Purshia DC. ex Poir. – bitterbrush
Species Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC. – antelope bitterbrush
 

More Accounts and Images:
Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25290.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 4 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.
 
 
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