Maguire's Lewisia
Lewisia maguirei
Lewisia maguirei is a rare species of flowering plant in the Montiaceae family known by the common name Maguire's lewisia, or Maguire's bitterroot. It is endemic to Nevada in the United States, where it is known only from eastern Nye County.
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Description
This is a perennial herb growing at ground level, the stem no more than 2 centimeters (0.8 in) long. It grows from a taproot. The fleshy lance-shaped leaves are 1 to 2 centimeters (0.4 to 0.8 in) long but wither by flowering. The inflorescence contains 2 or 3 flowers. Each flower has 3 or 4 wide white or pinkish sepals and up to 9 white or pink-tinged petals each roughly a centimeter long. Blooming occurs in summer.
Range & habitat
It grows on rocky clay and limestone slopes in open pinyon-juniper woodland at elevations around 2,240 to 2,525 meters (7,349 to 8,284 ft). Other plants in the habitat include desert green gentian (Frasera albomarginata), Torrey's milkvetch (Astragalus calycosus), stemless four-nerved daisy (Tetraneuris acaulis), Nevada onion (Allium nevadense), and rock goldenrod (Petradoria pumila).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 164667.