Lewisia nevadensis
Lewisia nevadensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Montiaceae |
Genus: | Lewisia |
Species: | L. nevadensis
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Binomial name | |
Lewisia nevadensis (A.Gray) B.L.Rob
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Synonyms | |
Oreobroma nevadense |
Lewisia nevadensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name Nevada lewisia. It is native to much of the western United States, where it grows in moist mountain habitat, such as meadows. This is a small perennial herb growing from a taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of several narrow, fingerlike to threadlike fleshy leaves up to 13 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a bundle of short stems a few centimeters tall each bearing a flower. The flower has 5 to 10 shiny white to pale pink petals each 1 to 2 centimeters long, pointed or with blunt tips. At the center are many stamens. This is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant suitable for alpine and rock gardens.[1]
References
- ^ Preece, W. H. A. (1957). North American Rock Plants. MacMillan. pg 116.
External links
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- Lewisia
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Plants described in 1873
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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