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Lewisia rediviva

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Identification
Lewisia rediviva Not on sheet [family MONTIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bruce MacBryde,, Lewisia minor Rydb. [family MONTIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lewisia kelloggii K. Brandegee [family MONTIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Lewisia minor Rydb. [family MONTIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Lewisia minor
  • Lewisia kelloggii
  • Lewisia rediviva
Common name
  • Bitterroot, Flora of North America Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Lewisia disepala Rydberg [family PORTULACACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 4,
Names
Lewisia disepala Rydberg [family PORTULACACEAE], in N. L. Britton et al., N. Amer. Fl., 21: 328. 1932
Lewisia rediviva Pursh var. yosemitana K. Brandegee [family PORTULACACEAE], Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser., 2, 4: 89. 1894,. not L. yosemitana Je pson 1923
Treatment Author(s)
Mark A. Hershkovitz
Sean B. Hogan
Information
Taproots gradually ramified distally. Stems erect, 0.5–3 cm. Leaves: basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, sessile, blade linear to slightly clavate, terete, 0.8–2 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse; cauline leaves absent. Inflorescences with flowers borne singly; bracts 2–4, proximal in 1 pair, ovate to lanceolate, 2–3 mm, margins entire, apex acute. Flowers sessile to subsessile, disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, broadly obovate to broadly ovate, 7–8 mm, scarious at anthesis, margins entire, apex rounded or sometimes emarginate; petals 5–8, pale rose-pink, oblanceolate to broadly obovate, 13–18 mm, apex obtuse; stamens 1–15; stigmas 4. Seeds 11–15, 2.8–3.5 mm.
Conservation Status
of conservation concern;
Phenology
mar-may (spring)
Altitude range
1900–2600 m;
Distribution
USA Calif.
Discussion
Lewisia disepala is known only from scattered localities in the southern Sierra Nevada.

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