GENERAL:
Common Name: bitterroot
Perennial
Family: Portulacaceae
Plant Height: 3"
Root Type: thick, fleshy taproot
Bloom Time: late spring to early summer
Native Habitat: gravelly foothills slopes to well-drained, sunny valley sites
GROWING INFO:
Soil: sandy/gravelly
Light: full sun
Water: first year requires extra moisture, after it is quite drought tolerant
Germination: plant in fall or late winter barely covering seed