Montiaceae
Siskiyou lewisia
Lewisia cotyledon
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Lewisia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 琉維草, 琉维草, 露薇花
- Czech
- Levisie květnatá
- English
- Siskiyou lewisia, Cliff maids.
- French
- Léwisie de Siskiyou
- German
- Gewöhnliche Bitterwurz
- Icelandic
- Stjörnublaðka
- Japanese
- レウィシア
Synonyms
- Lewisia cotyledon var. cotyledon
- Lewisia cotyledon var. purdyi Jeps.
- Lewisia finchiae Purdy
- Lewisia purdyi (Jeps.) Gabrielson
- Oreobroma cotyledon (S.Watson) Howell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: picture taken by Olaf Leillinger, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: User:Carstor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hedwig Storch, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Harald Hoyer from Schwerin, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Makoto hasuma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Makoto hasuma, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: LubovGorshkova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Maja Dumat from Deutschland, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Curt Kline, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Congdon's lewisiaLewisia congdoniiMontiaceae
- Quill-leaf lewisiaLewisia leeanaMontiaceae
- Nevada lewisiaLewisia nevadensisMontiaceae
- Oppositeleaf lewisiaLewisia oppositifoliaMontiaceae
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.