Hydrangeaceae

Utah fendlerbush

Fendlerella utahensis (S.Watson) A.Heller

Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Fendlerella

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Utah fendlerbush: Fendlerella utahensis at summit of Turtlehead Peak, Red Rock Canyon, southern Nevada — Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Utah fendlerbush, Utah-Fendlerbush, Utah fendlerella, Yerba desierto
Spanish: Yerba desierto

Synonyms

Fendlera cymosa Greene
Fendlera utahensis (S.Watson) Greene
Fendlerella cymosa (Greene) Wooton & Standl.
Fendlerella utahensis var. cymosa (Greene) Kearney & Peebles
Whipplea utahensis S.Watson

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Daniel, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kenzie Anderson-Bell, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.