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Lewisia leeana

Lewisia columbiana
Lewisia leeana

Columbia lewisia
Habit Succulent perennial from a large, branched, fleshy root, the several flowering stems 10-30 cm. tall.
Leaves

Leaves all basal, numerous, linear-oblanceolate to narrowly spatulate, 2-10 cm. long and 3-8 mm. wide;

stems with several entire to glandular-dentate bracts.
Flowers

Inflorescence a many-flowered panicle with glandular-dentate bracts;

sepals 2, glandular-dentate, 1.5-2 mm. long, persistent;

petals 7-9, from nearly white with pink venation to magenta-rose, 5-13 mm. long;

stamens 5-6;

style 1, with 3-8 elongate stigmas.
Fruits

Capsule about twice the length of the sepals.

Lewisia leeana

Lewisia columbiana
Flowering time May-August
Habitat Open gravelly or rocky slopes and rock crevices at middle to high elevations in the mountains.
Distribution
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Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to California, east to Idaho and Montana.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
L. columbiana, L. cotyledon, L. nevadensis, L. pygmaea, L. rediviva, L. triphylla
L. cotyledon, L. nevadensis, L. pygmaea, L. rediviva, L. triphylla
Subordinate taxa
L. columbiana var. columbiana, L. columbiana var. rupicola
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