This perennial has a thick tap root and caudex that terminates in a rosette of fleshy lance-shaped dark green leaves. From spring to summer it produces clusters of white-pink striped funnel-shaped flowers that are held high above the foliage on a slender stem.

Hardiness zones 5 to 9

Lewisia columbianais a naturally found in North America growing on the the Rocky Mountains from British Columbia to Oregon growing in rocky places.

It prefers an open sunny position and grows in very well drained sandy stony soils that are moderately fertile and is frost and drought tolerant.

This Bitter Root is grown for its flowers and is planted in rockeries or in rock crevices and is commonly cultivated as a potted specimen. It is suitable for coastal or low-mountain regions and establishes in 2-3 years. It is also planted in perennial beds or water wise gardens. ID 3622

Lewisia (loo-IS-ee-ah) columbiana (koh-LUM-bee-AH-nah)

Portulacaceae(PAW-tew-LAK-AY-see-ee)
Parakelias