Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia congdonii |
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bitter root, bitterroot lewisia, resurrection flower |
Congdon's lewisia |
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Taproots | gradually ramified distally. |
gradually ramified distally. |
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Stems | procumbent to erect, 1–3 cm. |
± erect, becoming lax with age, 20–60 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 after anthesis, abruptly or gradually narrowed to broad petiole, blade oblanceolate, 5–25 cm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse; cauline leaves withering after anthesis, alternate, ± sessile, distalmost intergrading with bracts, reduced, blade lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 15–125 mm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse. |
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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. |
3–7-branched paniculate cymes, 20–100-flowered; bracts alternate proximally, 2 at each flowering node distally, ovate to orbiculate, 10–20 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute proximally to rounded distally. |
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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. |
pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, suborbiculate to broadly obovate, 2–4 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex truncate to rounded; petals 6–7, pale pink, veins magenta, base yellow-green, obovate, 7.5–10 mm; stamens 4–5; stigmas 3; pedicel 5–10 mm. |
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Capsules | 5–6 mm. |
3–4 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–25, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, minutely papillate. |
2 mm, shiny. |
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2n | = 26, 28. |
= ca. 24. |
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Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia congdonii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||
Habitat | Shaded, mossy, rocky slopes | |||||
Elevation | 500-2100 m [1600-6900 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CA |
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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.) |
Of conservation concern. Lewisia congdonii is found only in Mariposa County, California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | FNA vol. 4, p. 479. | ||||
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Synonyms | Oreobroma congdonii, L. columbiana subsp. congdonii | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 368. (1814) | (Rydberg) S. Clay: Present-day Rock Gard., xx, 340. (1937) | ||||
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