PLANTS Profile for Lewisia brachycalyx (shortsepal lewisia)

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PLANTS Profile

Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray
shortsepal lewisia

Symbol:

LEBR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Portulacaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray

Margaret Williams. Courtesy of Nevada Native Plant Society. ©Nevada Native Plant Society. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray

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Native Status:
Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AZ, CA, NM, UT)

Related Taxa:
Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray

View 10 genera in Portulacaceae, 20 species in Lewisia

Classification:
Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Portulacaceae – Purslane family
Genus	Lewisia Pursh – lewisia
Species	Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray – shortsepal lewisia

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU-,FACW

FACU

FACU-

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lewisia brachycalyx Engelm. ex A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20474.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 01:44 AM CDT