Lewisia longipetala (Piper) S.Clay

Truckee lewisia (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Montiaceae > Lewisia

Characteristics

Taproots gradually ramified distally. Stems procumbent, 3-6 cm. Leaves: basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, gradually narrowed to broad petiole, blade narrowly linear to linear-oblanceolate, flattened or channeled adaxially, 2.5-6 cm, margins entire, apex acute; cauline leaves absent. Inflorescences usually with flowers borne singly, sometimes 2-3-flowered racemose cymes; bracts 2, opposite, plus 1 subtending each successive flower if 2 or more flowers present, lanceolate, 5 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute. Flowers pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit, 2.5-4 cm diam.; sepals 2, broadly obovate, 4-10 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins glandular-toothed, apex rounded to truncate; petals 5-10, white to very pale pink, often with reddish glands at apex, narrowly elliptic-oblong, 11-20 mm; stamens 7-9; stigmas 5-6; pedicel 10-25 mm. Capsules 8 mm. Seeds 20-50, 1.5 mm, dullish, minutely granular. 2n = ca. 22.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system tap-root
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Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 17 - 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment stratification
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Lewisia longipetala unspecified picture
Lewisia longipetala unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139327-2
WFO ID wfo-0001105220
COL ID 6Q6PW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Calandrinia longipetala Lewisia longipetala Oreobroma longipetalum Lewisia pygmaea subsp. longipetala