| Family | MONTIACEAE |
| Genus species | Lewisia pygmaea (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. sect. Pygmaea |
| Bibliography | Syn. Fl. N. Amer. [A.Gray] 1(1): 268 (1897) |
| Native Range | s. Yukon to w. USA and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 1300-4200m |
| Description | leaves linear, flattened, 3-9cm, entire, flowers 1-7 in racemose cyme, sepals ovate, glandular dentate, truncate, petals 5-9, 4-10mm long |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | white, pink, magenta |
| Bloom | late spring, summer |
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| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C |
| Synonyms | Calandrinia grayi Britton Calandrinia pygmaea (A.Gray) A.Gray Claytonia grayi F.Muell. Claytonia parva Kuntze Lewisia aridorum (Bartlett) S.Clay Lewisia exarticulata H.St.John Lewisia glandulosa (Rydb.) S.Clay Lewisia minima (A.Nelson) A.Nelson Lewisia pygmaea var. aridorum Bartlett Lewisia pygmaea ssp. glandulosa (Rydb.) Ferris Lewisia pygmaea var. pygmaea Fosberg Lewisia pygmaea var. sierrae (Ferris) D.W.Taylor Lewisia sierrae Ferris Oreobroma aridorum (Bartlett) A.Heller Oreobroma exarticulatum (H.St.John) Rydb. Oreobroma glandulosum Rydb. Oreobroma grayi (Britton) Rydb. Oreobroma minimum A.Nelson Oreobroma pygmaeum (A.Gray) Howell Talinum pygmaeum A.Gray |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |
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