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|familia=Hydrangeaceae
| name = ''Jamesia''
|genus=Jamesia
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
|Temp Metric=°F
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| ordo = [[Cornales]]
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| binomial_authority = [[John Torrey|Torr.]] & [[Asa Gray|A.Gray]]
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'''''Jamesia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[shrub]]s in the [[Hydrangeaceae]], most commonly known as '''Jamesia''', '''Cliffbush''' or '''Waxflower'''. It is native to interior western [[North America]], in the [[United States|U.S.]] states of [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Colorado]], [[Nevada]], [[New Mexico]], [[Utah]], and [[Wyoming]], growing in [[mountain]]s at 1600-3000 m altitude.
'''''Jamesia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[shrub]]s in the [[Hydrangeaceae]], most commonly known as '''Jamesia''', '''Cliffbush''' or '''Waxflower'''. It is native to interior western [[North America]], in the [[United States|U.S.]] states of [[Arizona]], [[California]], [[Colorado]], [[Nevada]], [[New Mexico]], [[Utah]], and [[Wyoming]], growing in [[mountain]]s at 1600-3000 m altitude.
It is a shrub growing to 1-2 m tall and to 3 m or more broad, with opposite simple [[leaf|leaves]] 3-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, with a serrated margin and a crinkled surface. The [[flower]]s are produced in erect terminal [[panicle]]s, each flower white, 15-20 mm diameter, with five (rarely four) petals. The [[fruit]] is a dry [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] with numerous small [[seed]]s.
It is a shrub growing to 1-2 m tall and to 3 m or more broad, with opposite simple [[leaf|leaves]] 3-7 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, with a serrated margin and a crinkled surface. The [[flower]]s are produced in erect terminal [[panicle]]s, each flower white, 15-20 mm diameter, with five (rarely four) petals. The [[fruit]] is a dry [[capsule (fruit)|capsule]] with numerous small [[seed]]s.
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Jamesia (after its discoverer, Dr. Edwin James, 1797-1861, botanical explorer of the Rocky Mountains). Syn., Ediolnia. Sarifragaceae. Low hardy shrub of upright habit, with deciduous, opposite leaves, and white flowers in terminal, short panicles.
Leaves without stipules, petioled, serrate: calyx-lobes and petals 5; stamens 10; styles usually 3, rarely 4 or 5, slender; ovary superior, 1-celled: fr. a 3-5- valved, many - seeded, dehiscent caps.—One species in the Rocky Mts. from Utah to New Mex. Handsome shrub for borders of shrubberies or rocky slopes in sunny situations, thriving in any well-drained garden soil, best in a peaty and sandy one. Prop, by seeds or by cuttings of ripened wood.
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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