Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia leeana |
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bitter root, bitterroot lewisia, resurrection flower |
many flower lewisia, quill-leaf lewisia |
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Taproots | gradually ramified distally. |
gradually ramified distally. |
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Stems | procumbent to erect, 1–3 cm. |
spreading or suberect, 8–20 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 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. |
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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. |
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. |
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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, 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. |
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Capsules | 5–6 mm. |
4–5 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–25, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, minutely papillate. |
1–2, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, smooth. |
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2n | = 26, 28. |
= 14. |
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Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia leeana |
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Phenology | Flowering summer. | |||||
Habitat | Open north- or northwest-facing granitic or serpentine slopes or cliffs | |||||
Elevation | 1300-3400 m [4300-11200 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CA; OR
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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.) |
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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | FNA vol. 4, p. 481. | ||||
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Synonyms | Calandrinia leeana, L. eastwoodiana, Oreobroma leeanum | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 368. (1814) | (Porter) B. L. Robinson: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 269. (1897) | ||||
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