PLANTS Profile for Lewisia pygmaea (alpine lewisia)

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Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.
alpine lewisia

Symbol:

LEPY2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Portulacaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

Brother Alfred Brousseau. Courtesy of St. Mary's College of California. ©St. Mary's College of California. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

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Synonyms:
Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

	LEMI11	Lewisia minima (A. Nelson) A. Nelson
	LEPYA	Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob. var. aridorum Bartlett
	LESI3	Lewisia sierrae Ferris
	ORPY2	Oreobroma pygmaeum (A. Gray) Howell
	TAPY	Talinum pygmaeum A. Gray

Distribution:
Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

View 10 genera in Portulacaceae, 20 species in Lewisia

Classification:
Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

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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 pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob. – alpine 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

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Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW+

FACU

FACW+

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 20486.

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).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 09:21 PM CDT