Heath Cliffrose
Purshia ericifolia
Heath cliffrose is a fine-leaved evergreen Southwestern shrub with pale cream-yellow flowers, drought-hardy on dry limestone and an important browse plant for desert wildlife.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, mammals
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation
- Native states
- TX
Related native plants
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- Antelope Bitterbrush (Purshia tridentata)
- Stansbury Cliffrose (Purshia stansburiana)
- Mexican Cliffrose (Purshia mexicana)