Lewisia pygmaea

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Name (Latin)
Lewisia pygmaea
Other forms of name
Alpine bitterroot
Alpine lewisia
Bitterroot, Alpine
Bitterroot, Pigmy
Bitterroot, Pygmy
Lewisia minima
Lewisia sierrae
Oreobroma pygmaea
Oreobroma pygmaeum
Pigmy bitterroot
Pygmy bitterroot
Talinum pygmaeum
See Also From tracing topical name
Lewisia
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q6537359
Library of congress: sh2006002909
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Halford, A.S. Distribution and ecological characteristics of Lewisia longipetala (Piper) Clay, a high-altitude endemic plant, 1996, via Mountain West digital library, viewed Nov. 13, 2006:abstr. (Lewisia pygmaea)
  • ITIS, Nov. 13, 2006(Lewisia pygmaea -- alpine bitterroot, alpine lewisia, pigmy bitterroot. Synonyms: Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. aridorum, Lewisia sierrae, Oreobroma pygmaeum, Talinum pygmaeum)
  • NatureServe explorer, via WWW, Nov. 13, 2006(Lewisia pygmaea, Alpine Bitterroot)
  • Benedict, J.B. Subnivean root caching by a montane vole (Microtus montanus nanus), Colorado Front Range, USA, 2001, via Mountain West digital library, viewed Nov. 13, 2006:p. 241 (pygmy bitterroot (Oreobroma pygmaea, formerly Lewisia pygmaea))
  • Plant Press dict. of common names, via WWW, Nov. 13, 2006(Lewisia pygmaea, Bitterroot)
  • Plants database, via WWW, Nov. 13, 2006(Lewisia pygmaea, alpine lewisia. Synonyms: Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. aridorum, Lewisia sierrae, Oreobroma pygmaeum, Talinum pygmaeum)
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Wikipedia description:

Lewisia pygmaea is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name alpine lewisia and pygmy bitterroot. It is native to western North America from Alaska and Alberta to California and New Mexico, where it grows in many types of moist, rocky mountain habitat, such as gravel beds and sandy meadows.

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