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Stansbury's Cliffrose
Purshia stansburyana
27 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Antelope BitterbrushPurshia tridentata
Apache plumeFallugia paradoxa
desert bitterbrushPurshia glandulosa
Creosote BushLarrea tridentata
BlackbrushColeogyne ramosissima
Curlleaf Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus ledifolius
Littleleaf Mountain MahoganyCercocarpus intricatus
Utah JuniperJuniperus osteosperma
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Arizona | 3,526 |
|---|---|
| Utah | 2,956 |
| Nevada | 1,325 |
| Colorado | 134 |
| California | 133 |
| New Mexico | 55 |
| Mexico | 2 |
| Sonora | 2 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Roses, Elms, Figs, and Allies · Rosales |
| Family | rose family · Rosaceae |
| Genus | Cliffroses and Bitterbrushes · Purshia |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Stansbury's Cliffrose with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.