Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia longipetala |
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bitter root, bitterroot lewisia, resurrection flower |
long-petal lewisia, Truckee lewisia |
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Taproots | gradually ramified distally. |
gradually ramified distally. |
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Stems | procumbent to erect, 1–3 cm. |
procumbent, 3–6 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 soon after anthesis, gradually narrowed to broad petiole, blade narrowly linear to linear-oblanceolate, flattened or channeled adaxially, 2.5–6 cm, margins entire, apex acute; 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. |
usually with flowers borne singly, sometimes 2–3-flowered racemose cymes; bracts 2, opposite, plus 1 subtending each successive flower if 2 or more flowers present, lanceolate, 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, 2.5–4 cm diam.; sepals 2, broadly obovate, 4–10 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex rounded to truncate; petals 5–10, white to very pale pink, often with reddish glands at apex, narrowly elliptic-oblong, 11–20 mm; stamens 7–9; stigmas 5–6; pedicel 10–25 mm. |
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Capsules | 5–6 mm. |
8 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–25, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, minutely papillate. |
20–50, 1.5 mm, dullish, minutely granular. |
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2n | = 26, 28. |
= ca. 22. |
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Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia longipetala |
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Phenology | Flowering mid-late summer. | |||||
Habitat | Rock crevices or damp scree near melting snow | |||||
Elevation | 2600 m [8500 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 longipetala is known only from the northern Sierra Nevada in Eldorado and Placer counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | FNA vol. 4. | ||||
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Synonyms | Oreobroma longipetalum, L. pygmaea subsp. longipetala | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 368. (1814) | (Piper) S. Clay: Present-day Rock Gard., xx, 341. (1937) | ||||
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