Lewisia cotyledon

Cliff maids

Family: Montiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Cliff maids is a California native perennial found in rocky areas of the Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, and Sierra Nevada at elevations of 1,000 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from April to July, this plant produces stunning pink-purple flowers with pale and darker stripes, 10 to 20 millimeters long, arranged in flat-topped clusters that rise above its dense leaf rosette. Growing with stems 10 to 30 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters of rosettes with multiple flowering stalks. Its leaves are fleshy and ovate or spoon-shaped, 3 to 14 centimeters long, forming a tight basal rosette with rounded tips and entire margins. The delicate flowers feature 5 to 13 petals with slightly notched tips, creating an intricate and eye-catching display against its succulent green foliage.

California counties: Del Norte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Mendocino, Trinity

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.