Sunday, February 19, 2017

Purshia tridentata (Antelope Bitterbrush)


 7/3/16 Bishop Creek Road, south of Bishop Creek Lodge, Eastern Sierra,
Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

 7/3/16 Meadow restoration area, South Lake Road, Bishop region,
Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

7/3/16 Bishop Creek Road, south of Bishop Creek Lodge, Eastern Sierra,
Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

7/5/16 Parker Lake trailhead, Parker Lake Road off June Lake Loop (SR 158),
Eastern Sierra, Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Antelope Bitterbrush

SPECIES: Purshia tridentata

FAMILY: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/3/2016

LOCATION: Bishop Creek Road, south of Bishop Creek Lodge, Eastern Sierra, Inyo National Forest, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:
NATIVE

Habit: Plant 2--25(40) dm. 

Leaf: lobes 3(5), central generally spiny at tip, lateral from generally above middle. 

Flower: hypanthium +- 2.5--5 mm; sepals 2--4 mm; petals 4--8 mm, +- obovate; pistils 1--2. 

Fruit: canescent; style 5--7(10) mm, not plumose. 

eFlora Treatment Author: Brian Vanden Heuvel & Thomas J. Rosatti

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