Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia rediviva var. minor |
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bitter root, bitterroot lewisia, resurrection flower |
bitter root, small bitterroot |
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Taproots | gradually ramified distally. |
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Stems | procumbent to erect, 1–3 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. |
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Basal leaf blades | clavate to narrowly oblanceolate, grooved adaxially. |
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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. |
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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. |
sepals 10–12(–15) mm; petals 15 mm; stamens 20–30; pedicel (1–)3–8 mm. |
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Capsules | 5–6 mm. |
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Seeds | 6–25, 2–2.5 mm, shiny, minutely papillate. |
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2n | = 26, 28. |
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Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia rediviva var. minor |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–early summer. | |||||
Habitat | Dry rocky places | |||||
Elevation | 1900-2800 m [6200-9200 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CA; NV; UT |
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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.) |
Variety minor occurs at higher elevations than does var. rediviva and is known from the southern Sierra Nevada and Tooele County, Utah. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | ||||
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Synonyms | L. minor, L. rediviva subsp. minor | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 368. (1814) | (Rydberg) Munz: Man. S. Calif. Bot., 598. (1935) | ||||
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