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Purshia glandulosa

Curran

Waxy Bitterbrush

G5Secure Found in 28 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →
G5SecureGlobal Rank
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.148899
Element CodePDROS1E010
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVascular Plant
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomPlantae
PhylumAnthophyta
ClassDicotyledoneae
OrderRosales
FamilyRosaceae
GenusPurshia
Synonyms
Purshia tridentata var. glandulosa(Curran) M. E. Jones
Other Common Names
Desert Bitterbrush (EN) desert bitterbrush (EN)
Concept Reference
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Taxonomic Comments
FNA (vol. 9, 2014) includes Purshia glandulosa (= P. tridentata var. glandulosa) as a variety of P. tridentata.
Conservation Status
Review Date2000-05-17
Change Date1990-01-16
Edition Date2000-05-17
Edition AuthorsNielsen, Eric
Range Extent20,000-2,500,000 square km (about 8000-1,000,000 square miles)
Rank Reasons
Fairly widespread and common through dry mountain ranges in southern California and parts of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. Well-adapted to fire and grazing.
Range Extent Comments
Southwestern Utah, northern Arizona, southern California, southern Nevada (Holifield 1987). Coniferous forest formations of some desert mountain ranges in the Mojave (Harshberger 1911); in the Beaver Dam Mountains of Washington County, southwest Utah (Welsh et al. 1993); the southern half of Nevada (Kartesz 1988); widely distributed in mountains of southern California (Hickman 1993).
Ecology & Habitat
Other Nations (1)
United StatesNNR
ProvinceRankNative
ArizonaS1Yes
UtahS2Yes
NevadaS3Yes
CaliforniaSNRYes
Plant Characteristics
Economic Value (Genus)No
Roadless Areas (28)
California (23)
AreaForestAcres
AntimonyLos Padres National Forest40,911
Benton RangeInyo National Forest9,637
Birch CreekInyo National Forest28,816
Black CanyonInyo National Forest32,421
Boundary Peak (CA)Inyo National Forest210,884
Cactus Springs BSan Bernardino National Forest3,106
Circle MountainSan Bernardino National Forest6,375
Coyote NorthInyo National Forest11,932
Coyote SoutheastInyo National Forest53,159
Deep CreekSan Bernardino National Forest23,869
Granite PeakSan Bernardino National Forest450
Heartbreak RidgeSan Bernardino National Forest4,455
PaiuteInyo National Forest58,712
Pleasant ViewAngeles National Forest26,395
Pyramid Peak BSan Bernardino National Forest7,194
QuatalLos Padres National Forest7,253
Sawmill - BadlandsLos Padres National Forest51,362
ScodiesSequoia National Forest725
Soldier CanyonInyo National Forest40,589
SugarloafSan Bernardino National Forest8,206
TinemahaInyo National Forest27,060
Wonoga Pk.Inyo National Forest11,272
WoolstaffSequoia National Forest41,445
Nevada (5)
AreaForestAcres
Bald Mtn.Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest41,598
Boundary Peak (NV)Inyo National Forest21,851
Lovell Summit SouthHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest28,455
SugarloafInyo National Forest11,534
Wellington HillsHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest21,009
References (7)
  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2014b. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 9. Magnoliophyta: Picramniaceae to Rosaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. xxiv + 713 pp.
  2. Harshberger, J.W. 1911. Phytogeographic survey of North America. Reprinted 1958 ("2nd edition"). H.R. Engelmann (J. Cramer), Weinheim/Bergstr., Germany and Hafner Publishing Company, New York. 790 pp.
  3. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
  4. Holifield, J.L. 1987. Purshia glandulosa. Online. Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/plants/shrub/purgla. Accessed May 2000.
  5. Kartesz, J.T. 1988. A flora of Nevada. Ph.D. dissertation. Univ. of Nevada, Reno. 3 volumes. 1729 pp.
  6. Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
  7. Welsh, S.L., N.D. Atwood, S. Goodrich, and L.C. Higgins (eds.) 1993. A Utah flora. 2nd edition. Brigham Young Univ., Provo, Utah. 986 pp.