Rhodiola integrifolia subsp. integrifolia
Western roseroot, Western Roseroot
Family: Crassulaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Western roseroot is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, Sierra Nevada, Warner Mountains, and White and Inyo Mountains in alpine habitats on cliffs, talus, and meadow margins at elevations of 1,800 to 4,000 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces dark red to deep red-purple flowers in dense clusters 1 to 3 centimeters long. Growing with a short, thick, fleshy branched caudex and compact stems 3 to 15 centimeters tall, it forms low-growing clusters in harsh alpine environments. Its leaves are oblanceolate to obovate, 5 to 30 millimeters long, with entire or slightly toothed edges and an acute to obtuse tip. The plant produces small fruits 3 to 6 millimeters long, with most individual plants bearing either male or female flowers.
Habitat: Cliffs, talus, alpine ridges, margins of meadows, streams
Bloom period: May-Aug
Elevation: 1800-4000 m
Bioregions: KR, SNH, Wrn, W&I
California counties: Inyo, Mono, Fresno, Nevada, Siskiyou, Tuolumne, Tulare, Mariposa, Placer, Madera, Alpine, Amador, El Dorado
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