PLANTS Profile for Petalonyx thurberi (Thurber's sandpaper plant)

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PLANTS Profile

Petalonyx thurberi A. Gray
Thurber's sandpaper plant

Symbol:

PETH4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Loasaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Shrub

L48

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Courtesy of USDI BLM. United States, NV, Clark Co. August 2003. Usage Requirements.

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Petalonyx thurberi A. Gray

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Distribution:
Petalonyx thurberi A. Gray


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USA (AZ, CA, NV)

Related Taxa:
Petalonyx thurberi A. Gray

View 4 genera in Loasaceae, 4 species in Petalonyx or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Petalonyx thurberi ssp. gilmanii
Death Valley sandpaper plant

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Petalonyx thurberi A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Loasaceae – Loasa family
Genus	Petalonyx A. Gray – sandpaper plant
Species	Petalonyx thurberi A. Gray – Thurber's sandpaper plant

More Accounts and Images:
Petalonyx thurberi A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504258.

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

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 12:00 PM CDT