date of photo Jun 13, 2018
location
Sequoia National Forest, along Highway 180 between Grant Grove and Boyden Cave (Fresno County, California, US)notes Lewisia congdonii (Rydb.) S. Clay NATIVE Leaf: few to many in rosette; cauline few, 5--30 cm, narrowly oblanceolate to obovate, entire, tapered to long, slender petiole, tip acute or obtuse. Inflorescence: stems 1--7, 2--6 dm, each with open, 20--100-flowered, panicle-like cyme; flowers well-exserted from leaves; bracts among flowers and below, awl-like, gland-toothed; pedicel 5--10 mm. Flower: sepals 2, 1/4--1/3 × corolla, +- round, margin gland-toothed; petals 6--7, +- 8 mm, lanceolate, pale pink, base yellow-green, veins magenta, tip jagged; stamens 4--5; stigmas 3. Fruit: 3--4 mm. Seed: 1--few, 2 mm. Chromosomes: n=+-12. Ecology: Granite, metamorphic outcrops, crevices, rock slides, chaparral, woodland, conifer forest; Elevation: 500--2800 m. Bioregional Distribution: c SN. Flowering Time: Apr--Juncontributor's ID # PortulacaceaeLewisiacongdonii5-PZ2A8213.jpg photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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