rockmat Rosaceae Petrophytum caespitosum

Leaf:Alternate (appear whorled), simple, evergreen, spatulate, 1/4 to 1/2 inch long, entire martgins, grayish green and silky often with pinkish edges.
Flower:A narrow 1 to 3 inch spike-like cluster of small white to light pink flowers on a single upright stem (2 to 3 inches tall), resembles a bottle brush, appear in late summer and early fall.
Fruit:Small light brown follicles in a tight spike-like cluster (several inches in length), ripen in late fall and persist through winter.
Twig:Gray, densely covered in foliage.
Bark:Gray, irregularly scaly.
Form:A prostrate, dense mat-forming shrub reaching only 6 to 8 inches high (with the exception of flower spike). Mats are often several feet across.

leaf fruit bark form map

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