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Long Petaled Lewisia
Lewisia longipetala
  
11 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Long Petaled Lewisia (Lewisia longipetala) 11 Nurseries Carry This Plant Lewisia longipetala is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common names long-petalled lewisia and Truckee lewisia. It is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California, where it is known from less than 20 locations in areas not far from Lake Tahoe. It grows in subalpine and alpine climates in moist areas in rocky habitat, such as talus that retains patches of snow year-round. Most specimens grow on north-facing slopes with little surrounding vegetation. The plant thrives in the snow, growing largest and most densely in areas of high snowpack and becoming easily water-stressed when far away from areas with snow. This is a perennial herb growing from a slender taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of many thin but fleshy leaves 3 to 6 centimeters long. The flower cluster is made up of several flowers on short stalks. Each flower has around 8 petals each between 1 and 2 centimeters long, pinkish in color, and tipped with a resin gland similar to those on the edges of the leafs and two small sepals.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Flower Color
Flower Color
Pink

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Summer

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Moisture
Moisture
Very Low

Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 11

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Crevices in granitic rocks

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 57.0" - 66.1", Summer Precipitation: 2.09" - 2.72", Coldest Month: 27.6" - 31.5", Hottest Month: 48.0" - 51.4", Humidity: 1.38" - 10.77", Elevation: 2713" - 9276"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Long-petaled Lewisia, Long-petalled Lewisia, Truckee Lewisia


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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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