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© Ernie Marx
antelope bitterbrush
Purshia tridentata
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.5 ft. to 6.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 8.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Shrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Shrubland Birds, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Evergreen, Long Blooming, Winter Interest
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Rocky, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.
This species can fix nitrogen in the soil and does not tolerate saline soils.