Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia triphylla |
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bitter root, bitterroot lewisia, resurrection flower |
three leaf bitterroot, three-leaf lewisia |
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Taproots | gradually ramified distally. |
cormlike, globose. |
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Stems | procumbent to erect, 1–3 cm. |
lax to erect, 3–11 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 before anthesis, ± sessile, blade narrowly linear to filiform, subcylindric, 1–6 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute; cauline leaves 2–3(–5), paired or whorled, blade similar to basal leaves, 10–50 mm. |
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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 subumbellate to paniculate cymes, (1–)3–25-flowered; bracts 2 per flower, ovate to lanceolate, 1–5 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute. |
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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, ovate, 2–4 mm, herbaceous, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse; petals 5–9, white or pinkish with darker veins, elliptic-obovate to elliptic-ovate, 4–7 mm; stamens (3–)4(–5); stigmas 3–5; pedicel 5–15(–25) 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. |
8–25, 1 mm, shiny, shallowly tuberculate. |
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2n | = 26, 28. |
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Lewisia rediviva |
Lewisia triphylla |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. | |||||
Habitat | Open places, sandy to gravelly soils, sometimes alpine meadows, usually near melting snow | |||||
Elevation | 1500-3300 m [4900-10800 ft] | |||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC
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CA; CO; ID; MT; NV; OR; UT; WA; WY; BC
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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.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | FNA vol. 4, p. 484. | ||||
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Synonyms | Claytonia triphylla, Erocallis triphylla, Oreobroma triphyllum | |||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 368. (1814) | (S. Watson) B. L. Robinson: in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1: 269. (1897) | ||||
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