Lewisia kelloggii

Kellogg's lewisia

Family: Montiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Kellogg's lewisia is a California native perennial found in rocky, alpine habitats at high elevations. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces delicate white or pink flowers with 5 to 12 petals, each 10 to 30 millimeters long and often slightly notched at the tip. Growing with several short stems 1 to 4 centimeters tall, it forms a dense rosette of thick, leathery leaves. Its leaves are spoon-shaped or obovate, 1.5 to 9 centimeters long, with an obtuse tip and a long, narrow petiole. The plant produces a compact fruit approximately 8 millimeters long containing 12 to 15 small seeds.

California counties: Tuolumne, Siskiyou, Placer, El Dorado, Madera, Mariposa, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Alpine

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