Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Lewisia stebbinsii is a rare species of flowering plant in the purslane family known by the common name Stebbins' lewisia. It is endemic to California, where it is known from less than fifteen sites in the Inner North Coast Ranges of Mendocino and Trinity Counties, mainly in Mendocino National Forest. This is a perennial herb growing from a slender taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of several fleshy, narrow leaves up to about 9 centimeters long. The flower cluster is made up of several prostrate stems extending from the rosette, each bearing 3 or more flowers. The flower has 7 to 10 pink to red petals with blunt or jagged tips 1 to 1.5 centimeters long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

6 in Tall

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Color

Pink, Red

Special uses

Containers

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Open, gravelly places,

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest