Lewisia pygmaea

Alpine Bitterroot

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Species group: Plants

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Classification

Kingdom:

Plantae

Phylum:

Anthophyta

Class:

Dicotyledoneae

Order:

Caryophyllales

Family:

Portulacaceae

Genus:

Lewisia

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Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Lewisia pygmaea subsp. pygmaea :
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Lewisia pygmaea subsp. glandulosa (Rydb.) R.S. Ferris:
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. Cal. Fl. 1–1681. University of California Press, Berkeley.

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Missouri Botanical Garden

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Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.:
Canada (North America)
United States (North America)

Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.

References:

Anonymous. 1986. List-Based Rec., Soil Conserv. Serv., U.S.D.A. Database of the U.S.D.A., Beltsville.
Hickman, J. C. 1993. Jepson Man.: Higher Pl. Calif. i–xvii, 1–1400. University of California Press, Berkeley.
Munz, P. A. 1974. Fl. S. Calif. 1–1086. University of California Press, Berkeley.

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Distribution

Alta., B.C., Yukon; Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

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National Distribution

Canada

Origin: Native

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Present

Confidence: Confident

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Taproots gradually ramified distally or shortly fusiform, rarely subnapiform. Stems ± prostrate or suberect, becoming reflexed in fruit, 1-6 cm. Leaves: basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, ± sessile or gradually tapered to long petiole, blade linear to linear-oblanceolate, ± flattened, 3-9 cm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse; cauline leaves absent. Inflorescences 2-4(-7)-flowered in racemose cymes or with flowers borne singly; bracts 2, opposite, plus 1 subtending each successive flower if more than 1 flower, linear-oblong, linear-lanceolate, or lanceolate, (2-)4-10 mm, margins glandular-toothed, sometimes eglandular-toothed, apex acute. Flowers pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit, 1.5-2 cm diam.; sepals 2, suborbiculate, broadly ovate, or obovate, 2-6 mm, herbaceous at anthesis, margins usually glandular-toothed, sometimes eglandular-toothed or rarely ± entire, apex usually truncate, sometimes rounded, obtuse, subacute, or apiculate; petals 5-9, white, pink, or magenta, sometimes green at base, narrowly oblong, elliptic, or oblanceolate, 4-10 mm; stamens (4-)5-8; stigmas 3-6; pedicel 2-5(-10) mm. Capsules 4-5 mm. Seeds 15-24, 1-2 mm, shiny, smooth. 2n = ca. 66.

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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Talinum pygmaeum A. Gray, Amer. J. Sci. Arts, ser. 2, 33: 407. 1862 (as pygnaeum); Calandrinia grayi Britton; C. pygmaea (A. Gray)A. Gray 1873, not F. Mueller 1859; Lewisia exarticulata H. St. John; L. glandulosa (Rydberg) Clay; L. minima (A. Nelson) A. Nelson; L. pygmaea var. aridorum Bartlett; L. pygmaea subsp. glandulosa (Rydberg) Ferris; L. sierrae Ferris; Oreobroma aridorum (Bartlett) A. Heller; O. exarticulatum (H. St. John) Rydberg; O. glandulosum Rydberg; O. grayi (Britton) Rydberg; O. minimum A. Nelson; O. pygmaeum (A. Gray) Howell

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Habitat

Open places in short turf or gravelly or rocky substrates; 2300-4200m.

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Cyclicity

Flowering/Fruiting

Flowering late spring-late summer.

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Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

Canada

Rounded National Status Rank: N3 - Vulnerable

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

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Classification

Other Global Common Names:

alpine lewisia

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Informal Taxonomy:

Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Purslane Family

Formal Taxonomy:

Plantae - Anthophyta - Dicotyledoneae - Caryophyllales - Portulacaceae - Lewisia

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1990-01-16

Global Status Last Changed:

1990-01-16

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Lewisia pygmaea

Alpine Bitterroot

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Lewisia pygmaea

Alpine Bitterroot

Data Sources

Table of Contents

Distribution

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Localities documented in Tropicos sources

Distribution

National Distribution

Canada

United States

Morphology

Description

Diagnostic Description

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Flowering/Fruiting

Conservation Status

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United States

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