Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia
Lewisia nevadensis
Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis
![Close-up of a flower of Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis1b.jpg)
A close-up of the flower of Nevada lewisia from Buck Point along the Hells Canyon Rim Road........June 28,
2008.
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- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis3a.jpg)
Nevada lewisia as seen (left) from Buck Point along the Hells Canyon Rim Road.........June 28,
2008. The photo at right shows Nevada lewisia blooming in a vernally moist area along the Roads End Trail, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness...........August 3, 2011. Note the smooth surface of the sepals and smooth margins, both characteristics of this species.
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- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis05-28-2016f.jpg)
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- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis05-28-2016e.jpg)
Nevada lewisia blooming in a vernally moist swales along the Round Mountain South Trail #805, Ochoco National Forest.........May 28, 2016.
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- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis2c.jpg)
Additional photos of Nevada Lewisia as seen on Baldy Mountain, Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.........July 1, 2010. The large, pink-flowered forms were a nice find!
- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis14b.jpg)
- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis14d.jpg)
- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis14f.jpg)
Nevada lewisia blooming on lithosol soils at the junction of Roads 35 and 3517 on Table Mountain, Wenatchee National Forest..........June 4, 2013.
![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis06-25-2017.jpg)
Nevada lewisia as seen on vernally moist lithosol soils along the Lookout Mountain Trail #804 atop Lookout Mountain (just below the ski shelter), Ochoco National Forest.........June 25, 2017.
- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis07-18-2019b.jpg)
Nevada lewisia blooming in vernally moist swales along the Deadman Canyon Trail #1869 about half a mile north of the trailhead at the Fish Lake Campground, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest.......July 18, 2019.
- ![Habitat of Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis07-07-2023d.jpg)
- ![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis07-07-2023b.jpg)
Nevada lewisia blooming in vernally moist soils along the eastern portion of the Pine Creek Trail #201, about one hundred meters south of the junction with the Onion Creek Trail #368, Malheur National Forest and Strawberry Mountain Wilderness.....July 7, 2023.
![Nevada Bitter-root, Nevada Lewisia: Lewisia nevadensis (Synonyms: Calandrinia nevadensis, Claytonia grayana, Lewisia bernardina, Lewisia minima, Lewisia pygmaea var. nevadensis, Oreobroma nevadensis)](nevadensis/nevadensis06-17-2020.jpg)
Nevada lewisia observed along the Hanan Trail #142, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......June 17, 2020.
Paul Slichter