Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris

U.s. botanist (1895–1978).

Roxana Judkins Stinchfield Ferris (April 13, 1895 – June 30, 1978) was an American botanist. She was born in Sycamore, California, to Moses and Annie Stinchfield. She was named after her grandmother, Roxany Judkins. In 1916, Stinchfield Ferris earned a Master of Arts in Botany at Stanford University with advisor and mentor, LeRoy Abrams and afterwards she joined the staff of the Dudley Herbarium at Stanford, collecting thousands of botanical specimens for the research collection there. She specialized in collecting Phanerogams, and the botany of California and Mexico. Stinchfield Ferris retire

Abbreviations: Ferris
Occupations: scientific collector, technical writer, botanist, taxonomist, botanical collector
Citizenships: United States
Languages: English
Dates: 1895-04-13T00:00:00Z – 1978-06-30T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Sycamore
Direct attributions: 13 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 21 plants, 0 fungi

13 plants attributed, 8 plants contributed to21 plants:

Orobanche corymbosa (Flat-top Broomrape) (Rydb.) Ferris 1958
plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Orobanche corymbosa is a species of broomrape known by the common name flat-top broomrape. It is native to western North America where it is a parasite growing attached to the roots of other plants, usually sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata). It produces a cluster of thick, glandular stems with enlarged bases and stout roots, the hairy stems pale whitish or yellowish, often purple-tinged, and up to 17 centimetres (6.7 in) tall. As a parasite taking its nutrients from a host plant, it lacks leaves and chlorophyll. The inflorescence is a wide array of a few tubular flowers. Each is 2 centimetres
Hackelia mundula (Pink-flowered Stickseed) (Jeps.) Ferris 1951
perennial plant species in the boraginaceae family
Hackelia mundula is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name pink stickseed. It is native to the high mountains of California, especially the Sierra Nevada. Its range extends into Oregon. This is a lush, hairy perennial herb growing to maximum heights between 40 and 80 centimeters (16 and 31 in). It produces an array of erect stems with oval- or lance-shaped leaves most abundant around the bases, growing up to 22 centimeters (8.7 in) long. The upper stems are mostly leafless and hold cyme inflorescences of flowers. Each petite flower has 5 rounded lobes which
Aristolochia tresmariae Ferris 1927
plant species in the aristolochiaceae family
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Gymnanthes insolita Ferris 1927
vulnerable plant species in the euphorbiaceae family
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Laphamia inyoensis Ferris 1958
plant species in the asteraceae family
Laphamia inyoensis (synonym Perityle inyoensis), known by the common names Inyo rockdaisy and Inyo laphamia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is endemic to Inyo County in eastern California. It is known from just 10 populations in the southern Inyo Mountains, at elevations of 1,800–2,710 metres (5,910–8,890 ft). Its habitat is dry, rocky mountain slopes, often in limestone.
Symphoricarpos mollis ssp. hesperius (Spreading Snowberry) (G.N.Jones) Abrams ex Ferris 1958
plant subspecies in the caprifoliaceae family
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Malacothrix saxatilis var. commutata (Cliff Desertdandelion) (Torr. & A.Gray) Ferris 1958
plant variety in the asteraceae family
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Lessingia micradenia var. glabrata (Smooth Lessingia) (D.D.Keck) Ferris 1958
annual plant variety in the asteraceae family
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Lessingia glandulifera var. tomentosa (Warner Springs Lessingia) (Greene) Ferris 1958
annual plant variety in the asteraceae family
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Galium nuttallii ssp. insulare (Nuttall's Island Bedstraw) Ferris 1955
plant subspecies in the rubiaceae family
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Eriophyllum ambiguum var. paleaceum (Beautiful Woolly Sunflower) (Brandegee) Ferris 1958
plant variety in the asteraceae family
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Begonia californica var. brevibracteata Ferris 1927
plant variety
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Balsamorhiza macrolepis var. platylepis (W.M.Sharp) Ferris 1958
plant variety in the asteraceae family
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Cordylanthus parviflorus (Purple Bird's-beak) (Ferris) Wiggins 1933
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Cordylanthus parviflorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae known by the common name purple bird's beak. It is native to the western United States where it grows in several types of habitat, including the sagebrush steppe of the Great Basin. It is an annual herb, red-tinted gray-green in color, and hairy, glandular, and sticky in texture. It grows 20 to 60 centimeters tall. The inflorescence bears flowers accompanied by hairy, lobed red-green bracts. The flower is up to 2 centimeters long, made up of a dark-veined pink pouch enveloped in darker sepals.
Chloropyron palmatum (Palmate Salty Bird's-beak) (Ferris) Tank & J.M.Egger 2009
annual plant species in the orobanchaceae family
Chloropyron palmatum (formerly Cordylanthus palmatus) is an endangered species of salt-tolerant, flowering plant in the family Orobanchaceae. It is a low, highly branched herbaceous annual with each flower enclosed by a single, characteristically palmate bract. It is known by the common names of palmate salty bird's-beak and palmate-bract bird's-beak.
Perityle inyoensis (Inyo Rockdaisy) (Ferris) A.M.Powell 1968
plant species in the asteraceae family
Laphamia inyoensis (synonym Perityle inyoensis), known by the common names Inyo rockdaisy and Inyo laphamia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is endemic to Inyo County in eastern California. It is known from just 10 populations in the southern Inyo Mountains, at elevations of 1,800–2,710 metres (5,910–8,890 ft). Its habitat is dry, rocky mountain slopes, often in limestone.
Cordylanthus kingii ssp. helleri (Heller's Bird's-beak) (Ferris) T.I.Chuang & Heckard 1986
annual plant subspecies in the orobanchaceae family
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Lewisia pygmaea var. sierrae (Ferris) D.W.Taylor 2010
plant variety in the montiaceae family
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Galium stebbinsii ssp. siskiyouense (Ferris) M.H.J.van der Meer 2025
plant subspecies in the rubiaceae family
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Galium ambiguum ssp. siskiyouense (Siskiyou Bedstraw) (Ferris) Dempster & Stebbins 1968
plant subspecies in the rubiaceae family
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Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis (Seaside Bird's-beak) (Ferris) T.I.Chuang & Heckard 1986
annual plant subspecies in the orobanchaceae family
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