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Tweedy's Lewisia
I did in fact find the rare plants I was looking for. They really were't hiding :p - walk up the closed forest service road and there they are clinging to the rock faces. These plants have a very limited range, occurring just in the Wenatchee mountains of Central Washington and in a small part of British Columbia.
''Lewisiopsis tweedyi'' is a flowering plant and sole species in genus ''Lewisiopsis''. The species, formerly known as
''Cistanthe tweedyi'' and ''Lewisia tweedyi'', is now classified in the Montiaceae family. The plant is known by the common names Tweedy's pussypaws, Tweedy's lewisia, or Tweedy's bitterroot. It is endemic to western North America in north-central Washington and adjacent British Columbia. It commonly grows on well-drained slopes often on rocky slopes or in rock crevices from.. more
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