Calflora: Petrophyton caespitosum

Petrophyton caespitosum (Nutt.) Rybd.

mat rockspirea, rock spiraea

Petrophyton caespitosum, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Pinyon-Juniper Woodland, Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest
Elevation:	between 3937 and 9842 feet
Family:	ROSACEAE
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Petrophyton found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by JM93
TJM2 spelling variant of		Petrophytum caespitosum

NOTE: Petrophyton caespitosum is not an active name in the Calflora species table.

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are reported records.
	There are reported records available indirectly (eg. in botanical literature).

Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Fresno: 10 / 7 CCH Inyo: 27 / 15 CCH Mono: 8 / 5 CCH San Bernardino: 25 / 21 CCH Tulare: 8 / 2 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Petrophyton caespitosum from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)