Hydrangeaceae FAMILY

Philadelphus lewisii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Philadelphus lewisii is an erect to spreading, deciduous shrub that can grow up to 3.6 metres tall and 2.7 metres wide[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It is a useful plant for stabilizing streambanks and is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be grown in native hedges.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeWestern N. America - British Columbia, Alberta, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, California

HabitatGullies, water courses, rocky cliffs, talus slopes and rocky hillsides of sagebrush deserts[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ]. Cliffs, rock outcrops, slopes in pine woodlands and forests, stream banks, talus, seasonally dry ravines; at elevations up to 2,500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].