NOUN | plant | Lewisia cotyledon, siskiyou lewisia | evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers |
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Meaning | evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern California. | |
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Synonym | siskiyou lewisia | |
Member of | Lewisia, genus Lewisia | genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowers |
Broader | wildflower, wild flower | wild or uncultivated flowering plant |
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