Rosaceae

Antelope bitterbrush

Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

Family: Rosaceae
Genus: Purshia

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Common names

By language (5)

Chinese: 羚梅
Czech: Puršovka trojzubá
English: Antelope bitterbrush
French: Purshie tridentée
nv: Tsékʼi naʼałchʼízhii

Synonyms

Kunzia tridentata (Pursh) Spreng.
Purshia tigarea F.Dietr.
Purshia tridentata var. tridentata
Tigarea tridentata Pursh

Flowers

Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Walter Siegmund, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.