Lewisia kelloggii

Short description: Species of flowering plant

Lewisia kelloggii

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Montiaceae
Genus:  | Lewisia
Species:  |

L. kelloggii

Binomial name
Lewisia kelloggii

K.Brandegee

Lewisia kelloggii is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name Kellogg's lewisia. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California , where it is known from several sites high in the mountains. It grows in rocky mountain habitat in granite and slate substrates. This is a perennial herb growing from a thick, short taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of many thick, leathery, spoon-shaped leaves up to 9 centimeters long. The inflorescence bears several flowers, each on a very short stalk. The flower has 5 to 13 shiny white or pinkish petals just over a centimeter long. Under the petals are two sepals and two similar bracts lined with spherical resin glands.

A population of Lewisia plants in the Sawtooth Range in Idaho were previously included in this species. Genetic analysis has shown that it is different enough to be considered a species of its own and has been named Lewisia sacajaweana, Sacajawea's bitterroot.[1][2]

## References

1. ↑ Who knew? Newly Delimited California Sensitive Plant Gains Protection from Rock Barrier and Informative Sign. US Forest Service.
2. ↑ Ray-Vizgirda, E. Plant of the Week: Sacajawea's Bitterroot . US Forest Service.

## External links

* Jepson Manual Treatment
* Photo gallery

Wikidata ☰ Q6537352 entry

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