Lewisia kelloggii K.Brandegee

Kellogg's lewisia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Montiaceae > Lewisia

Characteristics

Taproots gradually ramified distally. Stems erect, 0.5-5 cm. Leaves: basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, ± sessile or abruptly or gradually narrowed into broad petiole, blade spatulate to orbiculate, flattened, 1-6.5(-9) cm, margins entire, apex obtuse, truncate, or retuse; cauline leaves absent. Inflorescences with flowers borne singly on peduncles; bracts 2, ovate to oblong, 5-12 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute. Flowers sessile, not disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, decussate with bracts, resembling 4-merous calyx, ovate-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5-12 mm, herbaceous, margins irregularly toothed, sometimes glandular, apex acute; petals (5-)6-9(-12), white, obovate to oblanceolate, 10-15 mm; stamens 8-15(-26); stigmas 3-5. Capsules 8 mm. Seeds 12-15, 2 mm, minutely tuberculate.
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Growth form herb
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Germination duration (days) 365
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Images

Lewisia kelloggii unspecified picture

Distribution

Lewisia kelloggii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139325-2
WFO ID wfo-0001104982
COL ID 726PZ
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Synonyms

Lewisia kelloggii Lewisia yosemitana Oreobroma kelloggii Oreobroma yosemitanum Lewisia kelloggii subsp. hutchisonii