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Lewisia serrata

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Very similar to L. cantelovii, but leaves deeply serrate and definitely pointed at the apex, in smaller, neat rosettes. Flowers many in loose panicles with five, very narrow white or pale pink petals having darker veins, 1-1.2cm wide, summer. Eastern California on north facing shady, moss-covered cliffs in gorges of metamorphic rocks at 900-1300m.