| Latin Name: | Lewisia pygmaea |
| Family: | Portulacaceae |
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| Known Hazards: | None known |
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Author: (A.Gray.)Robinson.
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| Habit: Perennial |
| Habitat: Open, often gravelly, moist to dryish areas in mountains to above the tree line[60]. |
| Height: 0.1 Width: |
Cultivation Details:
Requires a very well-drained gritty humus-rich deep soil in a sunny position[1, 200]. Prefers a neutral to acid soil[188].
This species is not reliably hardy in Britain. It can withstand consistantly very cold weather but does not like alternating periods of mild and cold conditions, nor does it like winter wet[1]. The plant is very susceptible to rotting at the neck in a damp soil[200]. Plants die down after flowering and start growing again in the autumn[188].
A very ornamental plant[1]. Polymorphic[60].
Very apt to hybridize with other members of this genus[1].
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Propagation Notes:
Seed - best sown as soon as ripe in a cold frame in a very freely draining soil[129]. Sow stored seed as soon as possible in a cold frame. One months stratification should improve germination. Germination can be very slow.
Division in March/April. Very difficult.
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