Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Oreobroma yosemitanum (Jepson) Rydberg
Lewisia rediviva yosemilana H. M. Hall, Yosemite Fl. 84. 1912. Not /.. rediviva vosemitana K.
Brand. 1894. Lewisia yosemilana Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 352. 1923. Acaulescent perennial, wit h a short caudex and a thick fleshy taproot 5-10 mm. in diameter; leaves numerous, thick, fleshy, spatulate, 1-2 cm. long, obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole; scape 1-2 cm. long; bracts 2 or 4, close under the calyx, oblong or lance-oblong, acute, glandular-margined; sepals 2, similar to the bracts, about 5 mm. long, pinkish; petals 5-12, white, oblanceolate, obtuse, S-10 mm. long; stamens 15-26; stigmas 45. Scarcely distinct from O. Kelloggii.
Type locality: El Capitan, Yosemite Valley, California. Distribution: Yosemite, California.
- bibliographic citation
- Percy Wilson, Per Axel Rydberg. 1932. CHENOPODIALES. North American flora. vol 21(4). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY