Mexican cliffrose (Purshia mexicana)

Mexican cliffrose, a reference photo — Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Purshia mexicana is a species of perennial flowering small tree in the rose family known by the common name Mexican cliffrose. It is native to western-northern Mexico, the region of the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Mexican cliffrose being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Purshia stansburyana
Purshia glandulosa

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Purshia
Species: Purshia mexicana

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