Petrophytum
For the alga, see Petrophyton (alga).
| Petrophytum | |
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| Petrophytum caespitosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Subfamily: | Amygdaloideae[1] |
| Genus: | Petrophytum |
| Species | |
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Petrophytum (orth. var. Petrophyton) is a small genus of plants in the rose family known as the rock spiraeas or rockmats. These are low mat-forming shrubs which send up erect stems bearing spike inflorescences of flowers. The brushy flowers are white and have many stamens and hairy, thready pistils. Rockmats are native to western North America.
Species:
- Petrophytum caespitosum - mat rock spiraea
- Petrophytum cinerascens - halfshrub rockmat, Chelan rockmat
- Petrophytum hendersonii - Olympic Mountain rockmat
References and external links
- ↑ Potter, D., et al. (2007). Phylogeny and classification of Rosaceae. Plant Systematics and Evolution. 266(1–2): 5–43. [Referring to the subfamily by the name "Spiraeoideae"]