Lewisia brachycalyx
A. Gray
Short sepaled lewisia, Shortsepal lewisia
Lewisia brachycalyx is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.
California Rare Plant Rank:
2B.2 (rare or endangered in CA)
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Montiaceae
(Portulacaceae) - Lewisia
Bloom Period
one or more occurrenceswithin a 7.5-minute quadrangle
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands
meadows
Yellow Pine Forest, wetland-riparian
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[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat, Etymology, Family Move: Lewisia brachycalyx is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae, known by the common name short-sepal bitter-root or shortsepal lewisia.[1] It is native to the mountains of the southwestern United States and Baja California,[1] where it grows in moist habitat such as meadows. The Latin specific epithet brachycalyx means “having a short calyx”. The genus Lewisia was moved in 2009 from the purslane family (Portulacaceae) with adoption of the APG III system, which established the family Montiaceae. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
