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
Native Range Map (Color Key):
Map Courtesy of: Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2011. North American Plant Atlas (http://www.bonap.org/MapSwitchboard.html). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2010. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].