Lewisia sacajaweana

Species of flowering plant

Lewisia sacajaweana

Conservation status

Imperiled  (NatureServe)

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

L. sacajaweana

Binomial name
Lewisia sacajaweana

B.L.Wilson

Lewisia sacajaweana is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name Sacajawea's bitterroot. It is endemic to Idaho, where it is known from approximately two dozen sites, with about 75 percent of them in Boise National Forest. It is usually found at elevations ranging from 5,000 feet (1,500 m) to 9,500 feet (2,900 m) above sea level and produces white flowers shortly after snowmelt.[1][2]

The species is named in honor of Sacagawea, Native American guide to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It is part of a genus named for Meriwether Lewis of the same expedition.

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lewisia sacajaweana.

1. ^ "Sacajawea's bitterroot (Lewisia sacajaweana)". U.S. Forest Service. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
2. ^ "Lewisia sacajaweana". USDA. Retrieved 20 June 2013.

Taxon identifiers

Lewisia sacajaweana|

* Wikidata: Q16984514
* Wikispecies: Lewisia sacajaweana
* CoL: 72729
* GBIF: 7219450
* iNaturalist: 164668
* IPNI: 60441542-2
* ITIS: 847587
* Open Tree of Life: 5143745
* PLANTS: LESA17
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60441542-2
* Tropicos: 100375674
* WFO: wfo-0000447164

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