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About Lewisia nevadensis (Nevada lewisia)

Lewisia nevadensis - This is a deciduous lewisia with white flowers in spring on compact rosettes. This is a small perennial herb growing from a taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of several narrow, fingerlike to threadlike fleshy leaves up to 13 centimeters long. The inflorescence is a bundle of short stems a few centimeters tall each bearing a flower. The flower has 5 to 10 shiny white to pale pink petals each 1 to 2 centimeters long, pointed or with blunt tips. At the center are many stamens. This is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant suitable for alpine and rock gardens. Height after 10 years: 5cm (2ins). Family : Portulacaceae

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