Critically Imperiled Plant Profile (Not Listed or Proposed under the Endangered Species Act)
This is a very beautiful species! Many lewisias are available in the horticultural trade. Photo courtesy of Mendocino National Forest.
All the known populations of Lewisia stebbinsii are within the boundaries of Mendocino National Forest in the northern California Coast Range. Photo courtesy of Mendocino National Forest.
Habitat for this species is open, gravelly ridges and mountaintops among conifers and oaks; it is not particular about geologic substrate. Photo © Margaret Williams and the California Native Plant Society.
Lewisia stebbinsii, Stebbins’ lewisia
Threats
- Horticultural collection.
- Impacts from roads, timber harvest, and off road vehicles.