Editing Bitterroot (section)

==Description==

[[File:Bitterroot.jpg|thumb|Bitterroot Flower]]
''Lewisia rediviva'' is a low-growing [[perennial plant]] with a fleshy taproot and a simple or branched base and a low rosette of thick fleshy linear leaves with blunt tips. The leaves are roughly circular in cross section, sometimes somewhat flattened on the adaxial (top) surface. The absence of an adaxial groove on the leaves distinguishes this from other ''[[Lewisia]]'' species with overlapping ranges. The leaves often wither before flowers open.

The very short flower stems are leafless, {{Convert|1|-|3|cm|1|frac=8}} tall, bearing at the tip a whorl of 5–6 linear bracts which are 5–10&nbsp;mm long. A single proportionally huge flower appears on each stem with 5–9 oval-shaped sepals and many petals.<ref name="Klinkenberg2014">{{cite web |date=2014 |editor-last=Klinkenberg |editor-first=Brian |title=''Lewisia rediviva'' |url=http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Lewisia%20rediviva |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113715/http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Lewisia%20rediviva |archive-date=2016-03-04 |access-date=2015-04-23 |website=E-Flora BC: Electronic Atlas of the Plants of British Columbia [eflora.bc.ca]. |publisher=Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver}}</ref> The petals (usually about 15) are oblong in shape and are {{Convert|18|–|35|mm|1|frac=8}} long.<ref name="Klinkenberg2014" /> They range in color from whitish to deep pink or lavender. Flowering occurs from April through July.<ref name="Sullivan2015">{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=Steven. K. |date=2015 |title=''Lewisia rediviva'' |url=http://www.wildflowersearch.com/search?&PlantName=Lewisia+rediviva |access-date=2015-04-23 |website=Wildflower Search}}</ref> At maturity, the bitterroot produces egg-shaped capsules with 6–20 nearly round seeds.<ref name="Klinkenberg2014" />