Index / Search / Petrophytum caespitosum
§1 Plant
Petrophytum caespitosum (Nutt.) Rydb.
vernacular mat rockspirea — species · Rosaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Subshrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Rosaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Petrophytum
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 80 counties across 11 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 80 counties across 11 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
California view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 20 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PECA12 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3030194 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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