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Lewisia pygmaea
Also called Alpine Bitterroot, Dwarf Bitterroot, Pygmy Bitterroot, Dwarf Lewisia, Pigmy Bitterroot
Alpine lewisia is a small, tufted perennial from western North American mountains, grown for its rosettes and white to pink flowers. It needs very sharp drainage and cool conditions, which are the keys to growing it well.
Lewisia pygmaea is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name alpine lewisia and pygmy bitterroot. It is native to western North America from Alaska and Alberta to California and New Mexico, where it grows in many types of moist, rocky mountain habitat, such as gravel beds and sandy meadows.
Lewisia pygmaea grows in open areas with short turf and in gravelly or rocky soils. It can be found naturally growing in Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Shortsepal lewisia · Cantelow's lewisia · Columbian lewisia · Congdon's lewisia · Siskiyou lewisia · Yosemite lewisia · Kellogg's lewisia · Quill-leaf lewisia · Truckee lewisia · Maguire's lewisia · Nevada lewisia · Oppositeleaf lewisia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lewisia pygmaea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
