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Lewisia cantelovii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Cantelow's lewisia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the northeastern mountain ranges from the Klamath Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada. It grows in rocky, moist mountain habitat. This is a perennial herb growing from a short, thick taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of thick, fleshy, blunt-tipped spoon-shaped leaves with serrated edges. The flower cluster is a very slender erect stem up to 45 centimeters tall topped with a spreading panicle of flowers and hairy, toothed leafs. Each flower has 5 to 7 oval petals each one half to one centimeter long. The petals are white or very pale pink with sharp dark pink veins. At the center of the flower are five stamens tipped with dark pink anthers.
Perennial herb
2 ft Tall
Pink, White
Containers
Full Sun
Granite cliffs and rocky outcrops
Chaparral, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest, Yellow Pine Forest, Wetland-Riparian