Lewisia leeana |
Lewisia brachycalyx |
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many flower lewisia, quill-leaf lewisia |
short-sepal bitter-root, short-sepal lewisia |
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Taproots | gradually ramified distally. |
gradually ramified distally. |
Stems | spreading or suberect, 8–20 cm. |
semiprostrate to suberect, 3–8 cm. |
Leaves | basal leaves evergreen, sessile, blade linear, ± terete, 1.5–6 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse; cauline leaves alternate, intergrading with bracts, blade narrowly lanceolate, 5 mm, margins entire, apex acute. |
basal leaves withering at or immediately following anthesis, ± sessile or tapered to broad petiole, blade oblanceolate, ± flattened, 3–8 cm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse; cauline leaves absent. |
Inflorescences | paniculate cymes, 50–70(–100)-flowered; bracts several, alternate proximally, 2 at each flowering node distally, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 2–5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute. |
flowers borne singly on peduncles; bracts 2, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 5–7 mm, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate. |
Flowers | pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, suborbiculate, 1–4 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex truncate; petals 5–8, magenta, lavender, or white with or without magenta veins, obovate, 5–7 mm; stamens 4–8; stigmas 2; pedicel 3–15 mm. |
sessile, not disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, decussate with bracts, ovate, 4–9 mm, herbaceous, margins entire, not glandular, apex acute; petals 5–9, white, sometimes with pink veins, or pinkish, obovate, 12–26 mm; stamens 9–15; stigmas 5–8. |
Capsules | 4–5 mm. |
6–9 mm. |
Seeds | 1–2, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, smooth. |
40–50, 1.5 mm, shiny. |
2n | = 14. |
= 20. |
Lewisia leeana |
Lewisia brachycalyx |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | Flowering late spring–early summer. |
Habitat | Open north- or northwest-facing granitic or serpentine slopes or cliffs | Montane meadows in sandy soil |
Elevation | 1300-3400 m (4300-11200 ft) | 1300-2400 m (4300-7900 ft) |
Distribution |
CA; OR
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AZ; CA; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Lewisia leeana is known only from northwestern California and southwesternmost Oregon, and a disjunct population in Fresno County, California. As discussed by B. Mathew (1989b), Lewisia ×whiteae Purdy (California) is a natural, constantly recurring hybrid between L. leeana and L. cotyledon. In their narrowly spatulate leaves, the hybrids resemble L. columbiana out of range (cf. L. T. Dempster 1993); the flowers are reportedly more deeply colored. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
As B. Mathew (1989b) noted, plants attributed to New Mexico probably were collected in Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 481. | FNA vol. 4, p. 478. |
Parent taxa | Portulacaceae > Lewisia | Portulacaceae > Lewisia |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Calandrinia leeana, L. eastwoodiana, Oreobroma leeanum | L. brachycarpa, Oreobroma brachycalyx |
Name authority | (Porter) B. L. Robinson: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 269. (1897) | Engelmann ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 400. (1868) |
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