Biology:Lewisia disepala
| Lewisia disepala | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Montiaceae |
| Genus: | Lewisia |
| Species: | L. disepala
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| Binomial name | |
| Lewisia disepala Rydb.
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Lewisia disepala is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name Yosemite lewisia.
Description
Lewisia disepala is a petite perennial herb growing from a thick branching taproot and short caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of many small leaves no more than 1.5 centimeters long. The leaves are thick, fleshy, hairless, deep shiny green, and club-shaped, knobby, or finger-like, clumped tightly together. The inflorescence has a stem so short that the flowers sit directly on the basal rosette of leaves, or among them. Each flower has 5 to 8 pale to bright pink oval petals and 15 protruding stamens.
Distribution
Lewisia disepala is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California , where it is known from several sites high in the mountains. It grows in rocky mountain habitat such as talus and open beds of bare gravel.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q6537351 entry
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