Cowania_mexicana
Purshia mexicana
Species of plant in Mexico
Purshia mexicana is a species of perennial flowering small tree in the rose family known by the common name Mexican cliffrose. It is native to western-northern Mexico, the region of the Sierra Madre Occidental cordillera.
Purshia stansburyana, native to the southwestern United States, has sometimes been included within P. mexicana.[2]
In its mostly mountainous, or higher elevation habitat, it grows in woodlands, desert, and plateau habitat.
Stenophyllanin A, a tannin, can be found in P. mexicana.[3]