General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Cactus/Succulent
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Underground structures: Taproot
Suitable Locations: Alpine Gardening
Uses: Medicinal Herb
Vegetable
Edible Parts: Roots
Eating Methods: Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Tweedy's Bitterroot
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cistanthe tweedyi
  • Synonym: Lewisia tweedyi

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Uploaded by lbradbury
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham, Northumberland, England UK 
Date: 2024-04-13
Cistanthe tweedyi
Location: Alpine Garden Society show, Hexham UK
Date: 2009-03-28
Location: Akureyri Botanical Gardens
credit: Hedwig Storch
Location: Clematis occidentalis to the right 
Credit brewbooks
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: April
credit: Magnus Manske

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