Lewisia rediviva
Pursh
var. minor
(Rydb.) Munz
Bitter root
Lewisia rediviva var. minor is a perennial herb that is native to California.
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Montiaceae
(Portulacaceae) - Lewisia
- Lewisia rediviva
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
1.4 - weak indicator / indifferent
[explorer.natureserve.org] Habitat: Found from southern California to eastern Utah in dry sandy to rocky areas, windswept ridges and loose gravelly slopes (talus) with shallow soil in open woodlands to sagebrush scrub with pine or juniper. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
[efloras.org] Range, Habitat: Flowering late spring-early summer. Dry rocky places; 1900-2800 m; Calif., Nev., Utah. Variety minor occurs at higher elevations than does var. rediviva and is known from the southern Sierra Nevada and Tooele County, Utah. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
