[The Purslane Family in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

The Lewisia of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Lewisia

Tweedy's Lewisia: Lewisia tweedyi

Tweedy's Lewisia as seen at Wedge Mt. in the Wenatchee National Forest........June 8, 2009.

Columbia Lewisia: Lewisia columbiana var. columbiana (Synonyms: Calandrinia columbiana, Oreobroma columbianum, Lewisia columbiana ssp. columbiana, Talinum denticulatum) -

Columbia Lewisia, Rosy Lewisia: Lewisia columbiana var. rupicola (Synonyms: Lewisia columbiana ssp. rupicola, Lewisia rupicola) -

Cliff Maids, Siskiyou Bitterroot: Lewisia cotyledon var. cotyledon -

Howell's Lewisia: Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii -

Many-flowered Lewisia, Quill-leaved Lewisia: Lewisia leeana -

Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis) -

Opposite-leaved Lewisia: Lewisia oppositifolia -

Alpine Lewisia, Alpine Bitter-root, Dwarf Lewisia, Pygmy Lewisia: Lewisia pygmaea (Synonyms: Calandrinia grayi, Calandrinia pygmaea, Lewisia exarticulata, Lewisia glandulosa, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. aridorum, Lewisia pygmaea var. pygmaea, Lewisia pygmaeum, Lewisia pygmaeum var. aridorum, Lewisia sierrae, Oreobroma aridorum, Oreobroma pygmaeum, Talinum pygmaeum) -

Bitterroot, Bitter-root, Resurrection Flower: Lewisia rediviva (Synonym: Lewisia alba) - Found from the lower foothills of the eastern Cascades and hence east to Idaho and beyond.

Three-leaf Lewisia, Threeleaf Lewisia, Three-leaf Bitter-root: Lewisia triphylla (Synonyms: Claytonia triphylla, Erocallis triphylla, Oreobroma triphylla) -

Tweedy's Lewisia: Lewisiopsis tweedyi (Synonyms: Calandrinia tweedyi, Cistanthe tweedyi, Lewisia tweedyi) -


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