Lewisia congdonii

Species of flowering plant

Lewisia congdonii

Conservation status

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)

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

L. congdonii

Binomial name
Lewisia congdonii

(Rydb.) S.Clay

Lewisia congdonii, known by the common name Congdon's lewisia, is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae.

## Description

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Lewisia congdonii is a perennial herb growing from a short, thick taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of several thick, fleshy leaves with lance-shaped blades tapering down to a long petiole. The inflorescence arises on one or more stems 20 to 60 centimeters tall, each stem bearing an array of up to 100 flowers each. Near the flowers are small, pointed bracts tipped with resin glands. The flower has 6 or 7 petals, each up to about a centimeter in length and lance-shaped with a toothed tip. The petals are pale pink with sharp dark pink veining. The throat is sometimes tinged with greenish yellow.

## Distribution

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Lewisia congdonii is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it is known from only ten occurrences in the drainage canyons of the Kings and Merced Rivers.[1]

## References

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1. ^ California Native Plant Society Rare Plant Profile

## External links

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* Jepson Manual Treatment - Lewisia congdonii
* Lewisia congdonii \- Photo gallery

Taxon identifiers

Lewisia congdonii|

* Wikidata: Q6537347
* Wikispecies: Lewisia congdonii
* Calflora: 4765
* CoL: 726QB
* CNPS: 687
* EoL: 586572
* FNA: 242415766
* GBIF: 5384261
* iNaturalist: 77723
* IPNI: 139314-2
* IRMNG: 10719556
* ITIS: 20479
* NatureServe: 2.130977
* NCBI: 89083
* Open Tree of Life: 995524
* Plant List: tro-26200112
* PLANTS: LECO4
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139314-2
* Tropicos: 26200112
* WFO: wfo-0001104976

Oreobroma congdonii|

* Wikidata: Q39269305
* CoL: 75538
* GBIF: 4023036
* IPNI: 175843-2
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:175843-2
* Tropicos: 50091015
* WFO: wfo-0001236695

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