genus Lewisia

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1.genus Lewisia - genus of western North American low-growing herbs having linear woolly leaves and large pink flowersLewisiacaryophylloid dicot genus - genus of relatively early dicotyledonous plants including mostly flowersfamily Portulacaceae, Portulacaceae, purslane family - family of usually succulent herbs; cosmopolitan in distribution especially in AmericasLewisia cotyledon, siskiyou lewisia - evergreen perennial having a dense basal rosette of long spatula-shaped leaves and panicles of pink or white-and-red-striped or pink-purple flowers; found on cliffs and in rock crevices in mountains of southwestern Oregon and northern Californiabitterroot, Lewisia rediviva - showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower