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Tweedy's Lewisia
these really look unreal.. they look like they belong far more in a tropical jungle (or perhaps even more a *fake* jungle... like something you'd see as decoration at the Rainforest cafe or Disney...) than a north western pine forest.. but here they are and only here. They are an endemic with a rather small range, only a few places in Washington and British Columbia, with rather specific growing conditions.
''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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