PLANTS Profile for Petrophytum caespitosum (mat rockspirea)

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PLANTS Profile

Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.
mat rockspirea

Symbol:

PECA12

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Rosaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.

Margaret Williams. Courtesy of Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.

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Distribution:
Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.


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Related Taxa:
Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.

View 72 genera in Rosaceae, 4 species in Petrophytum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb. var. caespitosum. .

Petrophytum caespitosum var. caespitosum
mat rockspirea

Distribution of Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb. var. elatius (S. Watson) Tidestr.. .

Petrophytum caespitosum var. elatius
mat rockspirea

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.

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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	Petrophytum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Rydb. – rockspirea
Species	Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb. – mat rockspirea

More Accounts and Images:
Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 25272.

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

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

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 09:15 AM CDT