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Internal ID UUID64404bedb221d688590804
Scientific name Lewisia cotyledon
Authority (S.Watson) B.L.Rob.
First published in Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(1): 268 (1897)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lewisia cotyledon var. purdyi Jeps. Fl. Calif. 1: 479 (1915)
Lewisia finchiae Purdy Leafl. W. Bot. i. 20 (1932).
Oreobroma cotyledon (S.Watson) Howell Erythea 1: 32 (1893)
Lewisia purdyi (Jeps.) Gabrielson West. Am. Alp. : 143 (1932)

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Language Common/alternative name
English cliff maids.
English siskiyou lewisia
Czech levisie květnatá
German gewöhnliche bitterwurz
French léwisie de siskiyou
Icelandic stjörnublaðka
Japanese レウィシア
Chinese 露薇花
Chinese 琉维草
Chinese 琉維草

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Lewisia cotyledon var. heckneri (C.V.Morton) Munz Aliso 4: 90 (1958)
Lewisia cotyledon var. howellii (S.Watson) Jeps. Fl. Calif. 1: 479 (1914)

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Sow at 4°C for 3 weeks, then increase to 20°C.

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  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001104977
USDA Plants LECO5
Tropicos 26200113
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:139315-2
The Plant List tro-26200113
Open Tree Of Life 995519
NCBI Taxonomy 89084
Nature Serve 2.131335
IPNI 139315-2
iNaturalist 77724
GBIF 5384256
Freebase /m/06_vdy8
EPPO LWSCO
EOL 486729
Calflora (Californian flora) 4766
USDA GRIN 405789
Wikipedia Lewisia_cotyledon

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