Burke: Lewisia leeana vs. Lewisia nevadensis

	Lewisia leeana	Lewisia nevadensis
		Nevada bitterroot
Habit		Succulent, scapose, perennial herb from a fleshy, carrot-like root 1.5-6 cm. long and up to 2 cm. thick, the several scapes 1-8 cm. long.
Leaves		Leaves all basal, several to numerous, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 15 cm. long.
Flowers		Scapes 1-flowered, with 2 linear, opposite bracts about mid-length; sepals 2, ovate, 5-10 mm. long, entire, acute, green to red; petals about 7, white or greenish-white to lavender or deep pink, 6-17 mm. long, often glandular-hairy; stamens 4-12; style 1, with 3-6 elongate stigmas.
Fruits		Capsule about equal to the sepals.

	Lewisia leeana	Lewisia nevadensis
Flowering time		May-August
Habitat		Open, often gravelly, moist to mesic areas at middle elevations in the mountains to the alpine.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring along and east of the Cascades crest, and in the Blue Mountains in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	L. columbiana, L. cotyledon, L. nevadensis, L. pygmaea, L. rediviva, L. triphylla	L. columbiana, L. cotyledon, L. pygmaea, L. rediviva, L. triphylla
Web links	Local floras: CA, OR Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria, Turner Photog. WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Lewisia leeana

Lewisia nevadensis

Nevada bitterroot

Habit

Succulent, scapose, perennial herb from a fleshy, carrot-like root 1.5-6 cm. long and up to 2 cm. thick, the several scapes 1-8 cm. long.

Leaves

Leaves all basal, several to numerous, linear to narrowly oblanceolate, up to 15 cm. long.

Flowers

Scapes 1-flowered, with 2 linear, opposite bracts about mid-length;

sepals 2, ovate, 5-10 mm. long, entire, acute, green to red;

petals about 7, white or greenish-white to lavender or deep pink, 6-17 mm. long, often glandular-hairy;

stamens 4-12;

style 1, with 3-6 elongate stigmas.

Fruits

Capsule about equal to the sepals.

Lewisia leeana

Lewisia nevadensis

Flowering time

May-August

Habitat

Open, often gravelly, moist to mesic areas at middle elevations in the mountains to the alpine.

Distribution

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Occurring along and east of the Cascades crest, and in the Blue Mountains in Washington; southern British Columbia to California, east to the Rocky Mountains.

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

Origin

Native

Conservation status

Not of concern

Sibling taxa

L. columbiana, L. cotyledon, L. nevadensis, L. pygmaea, L. rediviva, L. triphylla

L. columbiana, L. cotyledon, L. pygmaea, L. rediviva, L. triphylla

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