Family | MONTIACEAE |
Genus species | Lewisia congdonii (Rydb.) S.Clay sect. Cotyledon |
Bibliography | Present-day Rock Gard.: 340 (1937) |
Native Range | c. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-2100m |
Description | leaves numerous, basal, oblanceolate, acute, flat, entire, 5-10cm, petiolate, leaves upwards gradually reduced into dentate bracts, flowers 15mm across in panicle |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C rosettes as cuttings in early summer; leaf cuttings in summe |
Synonyms | Calandrinia congdonii (Rydb.) Pax & K.Hoffm. Oreobroma congdonii Rydb. Lewisia columbiana ssp. congdonii (Rydb.) Ferris |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |