Lewisia ×whiteae

Family: Montiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Lewisia whiteae is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges on granite, sandstone, and serpentine slopes, cliffs, and conifer forests at elevations of 2,100 to 2,300 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces rose, pink, or white flowers with magenta veins, 5 to 13 millimeters long with notched tips arranged in open panicles above dense leaf rosettes. Growing with several stems 12 to 30 centimeters tall, the plant forms compact clusters of fleshy foliage. Its leaves are densely arranged in rosettes, narrowly oblanceolate, 2 to 10 centimeters long, with blunt tips and entire margins that are flat or slightly grooved. The delicate flowers emerge above the rosette, creating a striking display of soft-colored petals against the plant's succulent green base.

Habitat: Granite, sandstone, serpentine slopes, cliffs, conifer forest

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 2100-2300 m

Bioregions: KR

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