Montiaceae
Alpine lewisia
Lewisia pygmaea
- Family
- Montiaceae
- Genus
- Lewisia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Alpine lewisia, Sierra lewisia
- Icelandic
- Dvergblaðka
Synonyms
- Calandrinia grayi Britton
- Lewisia exarticulata H.St.John
- Lewisia glandulosa (Rydb.) Dempster
- Lewisia minima A.Nelson
- Lewisia pygmaea subsp. glandulosa (Rydb.) Ferris
- Lewisia pygmaea subsp. pygmaea
- Lewisia pygmaea var. aridorum Bartlett
- Lewisia pygmaea var. pygmaea
- Lewisia sierrae Ferris
- Oreobroma aridorum A.Heller
- Oreobroma exarticulatum (H.St.John) Rydb.
- Oreobroma glandulosum Rydb.
- Oreobroma grayi (Britton) Rydb.
- Oreobroma minimum A.Nelson
- Oreobroma pygmaeum (A.Gray) Howell
- Talinum pygmaeum A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.