Erocallis

	Erocallis ''Erocallis triphylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Montiaceae known by the common name threeleaf lewisia. It is the sole species in genus ''Erocallis''. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado. It grows in mountain and forest habitat, often in wet, rocky alpine areas where it may bloom through the snowmelt. This is a perennial herb growing from a fibrous taproot and corm unit. Instead of a basal rosette like many other ''Lewisia'' species it produces 2 to 5 short, slender, fleshy leaves from the lower part of the stem, which may be at or under the soil surface. The small stem bears an inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ... of 1 to 25 flowers. The flower has 5 to 9 small white or pinkish peta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Lewisia ''Lewisia'' is a plant genus, named for the American explorer Meriwether Lewis (1774-1809) who encountered the species in 1806. The native habitat of ''Lewisia'' species is rocky ground and cliffs in western North America. Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans ate the roots, which have also been used to treat sore throats. Characteristics Lewisia fellas are succulent perennial ring plants native species, native to western North American habitats including rocky outcrops from the high elevation alpine to lower elevation chaparral, oak woodlands, and coniferous forests. They produce rosette-shaped flowers in a range of different colours. ''Lewisia cotyledon'' grow up to in height and width. About half of the species of ''Lewisia'' are deciduous, including the original ''Lewisia rediviva''. ''Lewisia longipetala'' is the only semi-deciduous species. Some species, such as ''Lewisia cotyledon'', are evergreen. Taxonomy Meriwether Lewis, of Lewis and Clark fame, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Montiaceae Montiaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 14 genera with about 230 known species, ranging from small herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution. The family Montiaceae was newly adopted in the APG III system and includes members of the Caryophyllales formerly listed in Portulacaceae. It is known by the common names of ''spring beauty family'' or the ''montia family''. Genera 16 genera are accepted:Montiaceae Raf. '' Plants of the World Online Plants of the World Online (POWO) is an online taxonomic database published by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. History Following the Convention on Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Plants Described In 1875 Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water, using the green pigment chlorophyll. Exceptions are parasitic plants that have lost the genes for chlorophyll and photosynthesis, and obtain their energy from other plants or fungi. Most plants are multicellular, except for some green algae. Historically, as in Aristotle's biology, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi. Definitions have narrowed since then; current definitions exclude fungi and some of the algae. By the definition used in this article, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (green plants), which consists of the green algae and the embryophytes or land plants (hornworts, liverworts, mosses, lycophytes, ferns, conifers and other gymnosperm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]