Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-663.13.13
Lewisia tweedyi
Names: Cistanthe tweedyi; Lewisia tweedyi.
English: Tweedy's pussypaws; Tweedy's lewisia; Tweedy's bitterroot.
Botany: western North America; well-drained, rocky slopes; flowers apricot, pink colour.
Habitat: Lewisia: Seasonally moist sites of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts (ca. 200 mm) to persistently wet Pacific NW N America (ca. 5000 mm). Some species occur in bogs or boggy sites (Davidson 2000).