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§1 Plant

Cistanthe parryi (A. Gray) Hershkovitz var. hesseae (J.H. Thomas) Kartesz & Gandhi

vernacular Hesse's pussypaws — variety · Portulacaceae

USDA
CIPAH
GBIF
12389467 syn.
Rank
variety
Hesse's pussypaws (Cistanthe parryi var. hesseae)
Platephotograph · Jim MorefieldCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Annual
Group
Dicot
Family
Portulacaceae Dumort.
Genus
Cistanthe
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 4 counties across 1 state
Legend Native · 4 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 4 counties across 1 state.

California view state ↗ 4 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CIPAH ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/12389467 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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