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|accepted_name=Lewisia brachycalyx
|accepted_authority=Engelmann ex A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=7: 400. 1868
|year=1868
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lewisia brachycarpa
|authority=S. Watson
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Oreobroma brachycalyx
|authority=(Engelmann ex A. Gray) Howell
}}
|hierarchy=Portulacaceae;Lewisia;Lewisia brachycalyx
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Portulacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lewisia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lewisia brachycalyx]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 477
|treatment_page=page 478
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Taproots </b>gradually ramified distally. <b>Stems</b> semiprostrate to suberect, 3–8 cm. <b>Leaves</b>: basal leaves withering at or immediately following anthesis, ± sessile or tapered to broad petiole, blade oblanceolate, ± flattened, 3–8 cm, margins entire, apex acute to obtuse; cauline leaves absent. <b>Inflorescences</b>: flowers borne singly on peduncles; bracts 2, ovate to broadly lanceolate, 5–7 mm, margins entire, apex acute to acuminate. <b>Flowers</b> sessile, not disarticulate in fruit; sepals 2, decussate with bracts, ovate, 4–9 mm, herbaceous, margins entire, not glandular, apex acute; petals 5–9, white, sometimes with pink veins, or pinkish, obovate, 12–26 mm; stamens 9–15; stigmas 5–8. <b>Capsules</b> 6–9 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 40–50, 1.5 mm, shiny. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Montane meadows in sandy soil
|elevation=1300-2400 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California).
|discussion=<p>As B. Mathew (1989b) noted, plants attributed to New Mexico probably were collected in Arizona.</p>
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name=Lewisia brachycalyx
|author=
|authority=Engelmann ex A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lewisia brachycarpa;Oreobroma brachycalyx
|basionyms=
|family=Portulacaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Montane meadows in sandy soil
|elevation=1300-2400 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Calif.;Utah;Mexico (Baja California).
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=1868
|special status=
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|genus=Lewisia
|species=Lewisia brachycalyx
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