Lewisia
Lewisia is a plant genus, named for the American explorer Meriwether Lewis (1774–1809) who encountered the species in 1806. The native habitat of Lewisia species is rocky ground and cliffs in western North America. Native Americans ate the roots, which have also been used to treat sore throats.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Bitterroot
speciesLewisia rediviva
dwarf lewisia
speciesLewisia pygmaea
Quill-leaf Lewisia
speciesLewisia leeana
Columbian lewisia
speciesLewisia columbiana
Siskiyou lewisia
speciesLewisia cotyledon
threeleaf lewisia
speciesLewisia triphylla
Nevada lewisia
speciesLewisia nevadensis
short-sepaled lewisia
speciesLewisia brachycalyx
Kellogg's lewisia
speciesLewisia kelloggii
opposite-leaved lewisia
speciesLewisia oppositifolia
glandular lewisia
speciesLewisia glandulosa
Cantelow's lewisia
speciesLewisia cantelovii
Maguire's Lewisia
speciesLewisia maguirei
long-petaled lewisia
speciesLewisia longipetala
Yosemite lewisia
speciesLewisia disepala
Congdon's lewisia
speciesLewisia congdonii
Sacajawea's Bitterroot
speciesLewisia sacajaweana
Lewisia × whiteae
hybridLewisia × whiteae
Stebbins' lewisia
speciesLewisia stebbinsii
Trinity Lewisia
speciesLewisia taylorii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47364.