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§1 Plant — species · Portulacaceae

Lewisia pygmaea (A. Gray) B.L. Rob.

vernacular alpine lewisia

USDA
LEPY2
GBIF
5384270
Rank
species
alpine lewisia (Lewisia pygmaea)
Platephotograph · Phyllis HolstCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Portulacaceae Dumort.
Genus
Lewisia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 12 of 56 Montana counties.

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/LEPY2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5384270 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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