Calflora: Lewisia nevadensis

Lewisia nevadensis (A. Gray) Robinson

Nevada Lewisia, Nevada bitter root, Sierra Lewisia

Lewisia nevadensis, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Communities:	Subalpine Forest, Alpine Fell-fields
Affinity to serpentine soil: 1.7 (weak indicator) [Safford et al 2005]
Elevation:	between 4500 and 12000 feet
Family:	MONTIACEAE (CNPS + PLANTS: PORTULACACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Lewisia found in California.

Name Status:

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

Other Names:
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PLANTS:	Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis
PLANTS:	Oreobroma nevadense

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Distribution by County:

See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

A shaded county indicates that there are ocurrence records of this plant within the county.

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	There are reported records.
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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alpine: 11 / 8 CCH Amador: 4 / 4 CCH Butte: 9 / 8 CCH Calaveras: 1 / 1 CCH Colusa: 1 / 0 CCH Del Norte: 2 / 2 CCH El Dorado: 20 / 14 CCH Fresno: 8 / 6 CCH Glenn: 3 / 2 CCH Humboldt: 17 / 15 CCH Inyo: 5 / 2 CCH Lake: 2 / 1 CCH Lassen: 12 / 9 CCH Los Angeles: 3 / 3 CCH Madera: 4 / 2 CCH Mendocino: 7 / 4 CCH Mono: 14 / 8 CCH Modoc: 29 / 25 CCH Mariposa: 10 / 7 CCH Nevada: 19 / 12 CCH Placer: 18 / 12 CCH Plumas: 22 / 19 CCH San Bernardino: 20 / 20 CCH San Diego: 4 / 2 CCH Shasta: 5 / 3 CCH Sierra: 12 / 10 CCH Siskiyou: 19 / 14 CCH Tehama: 2 / 2 CCH Trinity: 21 / 16 CCH Tulare: 18 / 12 CCH Tuolumne: 15 / 11 CCH Ventura: 3 / 3 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Lewisia nevadensis from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (LENE5)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database