Rosaceae
Stansbury cliffrose
Purshia stansburiana
Also known as cliffrose, quinine bush, Cowania stansburiana, Cowania mexicana subsp. stansburiana
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Cliffrose · Native Shrub · Drought Tolerant · Southwest · Rosaceae · Wildlife Plant · Xeriscape · Flowering Shrub · Desert
Stansbury cliffrose is a tough, drought-adapted shrub native to arid and semi-arid regions of the American Southwest. Plant it in well-draining, sandy or rocky soil in a sunny to partly shaded spot and water sparingly once established. It rewards minimal care with fragrant cream-yellow flowers in spring that attract pollinators.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently, allowing soil to dry completely between waterings · Every 14-21 days once established
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–8.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 110°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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