About Lewisia cantelovii Howell
Lewisia cantelovii, commonly known as Cantelow's lewisia, is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the Montiaceae family. It is endemic to California, where it occurs in the state's northeastern mountain ranges, from the Klamath Mountains to the northern Sierra Nevada. It grows in rocky, moist mountain habitat. It is a perennial herb that grows from a short, thick taproot and caudex unit. It forms a basal rosette of thick, fleshy, blunt-tipped spoon-shaped leaves with serrated edges. The inflorescence is a very slender erect stem that reaches up to 45 centimeters (18 inches) tall, topped with a spreading panicle of flowers and glandular, toothed bracts. Each flower has 5 to 7 oval petals, each 0.5 to 1 centimeter (0.2 to 0.4 inches) long. The petals are white or very pale pink marked with sharp dark pink veins. Five stamens tipped with dark pink anthers sit at the center of the flower.
