View source for Lewisia triphylla

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|accepted_name=Lewisia triphylla
|accepted_authority=(S. Watson) B. L. Robinson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 269. 1897
|year=1897
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Claytonia triphylla
|authority=S. Watson
|rank=species
|publication_title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication_place=10: 345. 1875
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Erocallis triphylla
|authority=(S. Watson) Rydberg
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Oreobroma triphyllum
|authority=(S. Watson) Howell
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Lewisia;Lewisia triphylla
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lewisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lewisia triphylla]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 477, 485
|treatment_page=page 484
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Taproots </b>cormlike, globose. <b>Stems</b> lax to erect, 3–11 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves withering before anthesis, ± sessile, blade narrowly linear to filiform, subcylindric, 1–6 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute; cauline leaves 2–3(–5), paired or whorled, blade similar to basal leaves, 10–50 mm. <b>Inflorescences</b> usually subumbellate to paniculate cymes, (1–)3–25-flowered; bracts 2 per flower, ovate to lanceolate, 1–5 mm, margins entire, apex obtuse to subacute. <b>Flowers</b> pedicellate, not disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, ovate, 2–4 mm, herbaceous, margins entire, apex rounded to obtuse; petals 5–9, white or pinkish with darker veins, elliptic-obovate to elliptic-ovate, 4–7 mm; stamens (3–)4(–5); stigmas 3–5; pedicel 5–15(–25) mm. <b>Capsules</b> 3–4 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 8–25, 1 mm, shiny, shallowly tuberculate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Open places, sandy to gravelly soils, sometimes alpine meadows, usually near melting snow
|elevation=1500-3300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Lewisia triphylla
|authority=(S. Watson) B. L. Robinson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Erocallis triphylla;Oreobroma triphyllum
|basionyms=Claytonia triphylla
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Open places, sandy to gravelly soils, sometimes alpine meadows, usually near melting snow
|elevation=1500-3300 m
|distribution=B.C.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. Gray et al., Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=1897
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic
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|genus=Lewisia
|species=Lewisia triphylla
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