Lewisia kelloggii

K. Brandegee

Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, 4: 88, plate 4. 1894.

Endemic
Synonyms: Lewisia kelloggii subsp. hutchisonii Dempster Lewisia yosemitana (K. Brandegee) Rydberg Oreobroma kelloggii (Jepson) Rydberg Oreobroma yosemitanum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 4. Treatment on page 481. Mentioned on page 477.

Taproots gradually ramified distally. Stems erect, 0.5–5 cm. Leaves: basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, ± sessile or abruptly or gradually narrowed into broad petiole, blade spatulate to orbiculate, flattened, 1–6.5(–9) cm, margins entire, apex obtuse, truncate, or retuse; cauline leaves absent. Inflorescences with flowers borne singly on peduncles; bracts 2, ovate to oblong, 5–12 mm, margins glandular-toothed, apex acute. Flowers sessile, not disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, decussate with bracts, resembling 4-merous calyx, ovate-lanceolate to oblanceolate, 5–12 mm, herbaceous, margins irregularly toothed, sometimes glandular, apex acute; petals (5–)6–9(–12), white, obovate to oblanceolate, 10–15 mm; stamens 8–15(–26); stigmas 3–5. Capsules 8 mm. Seeds 12–15, 2 mm, minutely tuberculate.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–early summer.
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly, usually granitic or volcanic substrates, near melting snow
Elevation: 1300-2400 m

Discussion

Lewisia kelloggii is known only from the central Sierra Nevada, California, and a disjunct population in the Sawtooth Range, Idaho.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Mark A. Hershkovitz +  and Sean B. Hogan +
K. Brandegee +
Calif. +  and Idaho. +
1300-2400 m +
Sandy or gravelly, usually granitic or volcanic substrates, near melting snow +
Flowering late spring–early summer. +
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. +
Lewisia kelloggii subsp. hutchisonii +, Lewisia yosemitana +, Oreobroma kelloggii +  and Oreobroma yosemitanum +
Lewisia kelloggii +
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