Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia brachycalyx |
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bitter root, bitterroot lewisia, resurrection flower |
short-sepal bitter-root, short-sepal lewisia |
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Taproots | gradually ramified distally. |
gradually ramified distally. |
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Stems | procumbent to erect, 1–3 cm. |
semiprostrate to suberect, 3–8 cm. |
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Leaves | basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, sessile, blade linear to clavate, subterete or grooved adaxially, 0.5–5 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute; cauline leaves absent. |
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. |
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Inflorescences | with flowers borne singly; bracts 4–7(–8), whorled, subulate to linear-lanceolate, 4–10 mm, margins entire, apex acuminate. |
flowers borne singly on peduncles; bracts 2, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 5–7 mm, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate. |
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Flowers | pedicellate, disarticulate in fruit; sepals (4–)6–9, broadly elliptic to ovate, 10–25 mm, scarious after anthesis, margins entire to somewhat erose, apex obtuse to rounded; petals 10–19, usually rose to pink, sometimes lavender, sometimes with paler or white centers, or wholly white, elliptic, oblong, or narrowly oblanceolate, 15–35 mm; stamens 20–50; stigmas 4–9; pedicel (1–)3–15(–30) 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. |
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Capsules | 5–6 mm. |
6–9 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–25, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, minutely papillate. |
40–50, 1.5 mm, shiny. |
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2n | = 26, 28. |
= 20. |
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Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia brachycalyx |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||
Habitat | Montane meadows in sandy soil | |||||
Elevation | 1300-2400 m [4300-7900 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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AZ; CA; UT; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). Native Americans commonly ate the boiled roots of Lewisia rediviva. (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.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | FNA vol. 4, p. 478. | ||||
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Synonyms | L. brachycarpa, Oreobroma brachycalyx | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 368. (1814) | Engelmann ex A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 400. (1868) | ||||
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