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Lewisia maguirei
A.H. Holmgren
Family:
Montiaceae
Maguire's Bitter-Root
FNA
Resources
Mark A. Hershkovitz & Sean B. Hogan in Flora of North America (vol. 4)
Taproots
gradually ramified distally.
Stems
spreading to suberect, 1.5-2 cm.
Leaves:
basal leaves withering at or soon after anthesis, sessile, blade narrowly oblanceolate, somewhat flattened, 1-2 cm, margins entire, apex obtuse; cauline leaves absent.
Inflorescences
racemose cymes, 2-3-flowered, sometimes with flowers borne singly; bracts 5, proximalmost 3 in whorl, distalmost 2 opposite, subtending 2d (and 3d) flowers, oblong to oblong-obovate, 3-5 mm, apex obtuse.
Flowers
pedicellate, disarticulate in fruit; sepals 3-4, white to pinkish, 8-12 mm, scarious at anthesis, margins entire, apex obtuse; petals 7-9, white to pinkish, oblanceloate, 8-12 mm; stamens 7-9; stigmas 4-6; pedicel 3-9 mm.
Capsules
7-10 mm.
Seeds
5-10, 1.5-2.5 mm, smooth.
Flowering summer. Open, south-facing slopes on gravelly clay limestone-derived substrates; of conservation concern; 2200 m; Nev.
Lewisia maguirei
is known only from the Quinn Canyon Range, Nye County.
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This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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