Status: Native
Synonyms:
Cowania mexicana D. Don var. stansburyana (Torrey) Jepson
Cowania stansburiana Torrey
Purshia mexicana (D. Don) Welsh var. stansburyana (Torrey) Welsh
Purshia stansburyana is a shrub of dry hillsides and roadsides at middle elevation. Large stands may burst into flower all at one time. The new year's branches are reddish. The leaveas are fascicled, white glandular dotted and three lobed toward the apex. The fruit bears a long plumose tail. Purshia stansburyana bears a resemblance to Fallugia paradoxa, but Purshia stansburyana usually has a single trunk while Fallugia paradoxa is branched from the base. The plumes also look considerably different when in fruit.
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Purshia stansburyana, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Rte. 180 near Pleasanton, Apr. 19, 2008
Purshia stansburyana, detail of branch, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Rte. 180 near Pleasanton, Apr. 19, 2008
Purshia stansburyana, detail of flower, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Rte. 180 near Pleasanton, Apr. 19, 2008
Purshia stansburyana, in fruit, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Rte. 180 near Pleasanton, May 10, 2008
Purshia stansburyana, closeup of flower, photo Russ Kleinman & Carey Anne Lafferty, Mogollon Mtns., Rte. 180 near Pleasanton, Oct. 22, 2008
Purshia stansburyana, fruit, photo Elroy Limmer, Silver City, August 24, 2008
Purshia stansburyana, flower, photo Elroy Limmer, Silver City, June 23, 2005
Purshia stansburyana, fruit, photo Elroy Limmer, Silver City, June 23, 2005
Purshia stansburyana, closeup of fascicled, lobed & glandular dotted leaves, photo Russ Kleinman, Mogollon Mtns., Rte. 180 near Pleasanton, January 15, 2010
Purshia stansburyana, closeup of flower pollinated by bee, photo Russ Kleinman, Harden Cienega, May 3, 2010
Purshia stansburyana, closeup of flower pollinated by bee, photo Russ Kleinman, Harden Cienega, May 3, 2010
Purshia stansburyana, closeup of flower pollinated by fly imitating a bee, photo Russ Kleinman, Harden Cienega, May 3, 2010
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