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Cantelow's Lewisia
Lewisia cantelovii
  
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About Cantelow's Lewisia (Lewisia cantelovii) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Lewisia cantelovii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Cantelow's lewisia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northeastern mountain ranges from the Klamath Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada. It grows in rocky, moist mountain habitat. This is a perennial herb growing from a short, thick taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of thick, fleshy, blunt-tipped spoon-shaped leaves with serrated edges. The flower cluster is a very slender erect stem up to 45 centimeters tall topped with a spreading panicle of flowers and hairy, toothed leafs. Each flower has 5 to 7 oval petals each one half to one centimeter long. The petals are white or very pale pink with sharp dark pink veins. At the center of the flower are five stamens tipped with dark pink anthers.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
1.5 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink, White

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Granite cliffs and rocky outcrops

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 39.9" - 77.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.27" - 2.01", Coldest Month: 35.6" - 47.8", Hottest Month: 60.6" - 73.5", Humidity: 1.20" - 23.16", Elevation: 26" - 5695"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Cantelow's Bitterroot


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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