Lewisia nevadensis

Lewisia nevadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Portulacaceae
Genus: Lewisia
Species: L. nevadensis
Binomial name
Lewisia nevadensis
(A.Gray) B.L.Rob
Synonyms

Oreobroma nevadense

Lewisia nevadensis is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family 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

  1. ↑ Preece, W. H. A. (1957). North American Rock Plants. MacMillan. pg 116.
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