B68 



CLIFFROSE 



Cowa'nia stansburia'na, syns. C. al'ba, C. mexica'na stansburia' na, 

 "C. mexica'na" * 



Flowers solitary, rather large (about 

 % in. across), white to sulphur yellow, 

 stalked, at ends of short, spurlike twigs 



Petals 5, rounded or reverse-egg- 

 shaped, spreading 



itamens numerous, in 2 rows, at- 

 tached to rim of outer flower parts 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, united 

 below into a short, top-shaped tube- 

 (hypanthium, or calyx), persistent, 

 densely white-hairy 



Leaves small, evergreen, crowded at 

 ends of short, spurlike branchlets, 

 leathery in texture, usually with 5 to 7, 

 short, linear lobes, gland-dotted, dark 

 green above, white-hairy beneath, with 

 curled-under margins 



"Seeds" (achenes)^-4 to 10, hairy, 

 borne on a flat disk in the hypanthium, 

 each tipped by a long (up to 2 in.) 

 feathery tail (style) 



United States authors, not D. Don. 



