Cliff Fendlerbush

Fendlera rupicola A. Gray, PL Wright. 1 : 77. 1852
Fendlera rupicola Lindheimeri A. Gray, PI. Wright. 1 : 77. 1852.
^ A branching shrub 1-2 m. tall or more, with gray striate branches, the bark ultimately somewhat shreddy, the twigs minutely pubescent ; leaves mainly approximate or clustered on short branches, the blades oblong to elliptic or oblong-lanceolate, mainly 2-4 cm. long, rarely smaller, faintly 3-ribbed, usually flat, more or less strigose, especially beneath when young, often nearly glabrous in age ; flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together, the pedicels sparingly pubescent at maturity ; hypanthium often sparingly pubescent ; sepals deltoid to triangular-lanceolate, 4-5 mm. long, or 7-9 mm. long at maturity, acute, pubescent; petals 17-21 mm. long, the blades 11-15 mm. wide, ciliolate, coarsely erose, abruptly narrowed into the claw, or truncate at the base ; capsule-body 11-15 mm. long, the persistent sepals reaching to beyond its middle.
Type locality: Along the Guadalupe, above New Braunfels, Texas.
Distribution : Colorado to western Texas, Arizona and adjacent Mexico.

Fendlera rupicola
Add the synonym: Fendlera falcata Thornber; Wootun & Staiidky, Contr. I'. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 129. 1913.
Add to the illustrations: Armstrong, Field Book W. Wild PI. 207; Clements, Rocky Mt. m.pl. 31, f. 11.
177. Insert:
la. Fendlera tomentella Thornber; Wooton & Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb.
16: 129. 1913.
A much-branched shrub, mostly 1-1.5 m. tall, with gray ridged branches, the twi^s
finely pubescent; leaves mostly approximate or crowded on short spur-like branchkts;
blades lanceolate to ovate, 1-3 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, loosely pubescent ab
hoary-strigose beneath, more or less revolute; flowers on short densely strigose pedicels;
sepals lanceolate or deltoid-lanceolate, 3-5 mm. long, acute or slightly acuminate; petals
11-19 mm. long, the blades mostly 8-12 mm. wide, ovate to deltoid-ovate, crose and
ciliate, broadly curvate at the base; capsule-body 9-11 mm. long.
Type locality: Canon of the Blue River near Coopers Ranch, Graham County. Anzona. Distribution: Southern Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona.