Parry's Sandpaper Plant

Petalonyx parryi Gray. Also known as Parry's sandpaper.May 2, 2004, Washington Co., Utah, approx. 2700 ft. elev. gypsum outcrop (species is a gypsophile), Silver Falls subdivision, approx. 2 miles south/southeast of the town of Washington.An increasingly Utah rare plant species. Growing here with Sphaeralcea ambigua.

Petalonyx parryi Gray. Another common name is Parry's sandpaper. These plants were in the path of a bulldozer.May 2, 2004, Washington Co., Utah, approx. 2700 ft. elev. gypsum outcrop (species is a gypsophile), Silver Falls subdivision, approx. 2 miles south/southeast of the town of Washington. Shinob Kibe is at the upper left.An increasingly Utah rare plant species.