Lithophragma
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Lithophragma is a genus of flowering plants containing about twelve species native to western North America. These plants are known generally as woodland stars. The petals of the flowers are usually bright white with deep, long lobes or teeth. Each petal may look like three to five petals, when at closer inspection the lobes fuse into a single petal at its base. Most species reproduce via bulblets instead of seeds. L. maximum is a federally listed endangered species.
Species include:
Species include:
- Lithophragma affineLithophragma affineLithophragma affine is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name San Francisco woodland star. It is native to the coast of western North America from Oregon to Baja California, where it grows in open habitat on mountain slopes, hills, and canyonsides. It is a...
- San Francisco woodland star - Lithophragma bolanderiLithophragma bolanderiLithophragma bolanderi is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name Bolander's woodland star. It is endemic to California, where it is known from several mountain ranges, including the North Coast Ranges, the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and the San Gabriel...
- Bolander's woodland star - Lithophragma campanulatumLithophragma campanulatumLithophragma campanulatum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name Siskiyou Mountain woodland star. It is native to southern Oregon and northern California, where it grows in the forests and woods of the mountains. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing...
- Siskiyou Mountain woodland star - Lithophragma cymbalariaLithophragma cymbalariaLithophragma cymbalaria is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name mission woodland star. It is endemic to California, where it is known from moist, shady habitat in the coastal mountain ranges and canyons from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Los Angeles region...
- mission woodland star - Lithophragma glabrumLithophragma glabrumLithophragma glabrum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name bulbous woodland star. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and Saskatchewan to Colorado, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial...
- bulbous woodland star - Lithophragma heterophyllumLithophragma heterophyllumLithophragma heterophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name hillside woodland star. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges of California, where it can generally be found in shady habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or...
- hillside woodland star - Lithophragma maximumLithophragma maximumLithophragma maximum, known by the common name San Clemente Island woodland star, is a rare species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family. It is endemic to San Clemente Island, one of the eight Channel Islands of California. It is known from only about four kilometers of rocky coastal cliffs...
- San Clemente Island woodland star - Lithophragma parviflorumLithophragma parviflorumLithophragma parviflorum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name smallflower woodland star. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to South Dakota and Nebraska, where it grows in several types of open habitat...
- smallflower woodland star - Lithophragma tenellumLithophragma tenellumLithophragma tenellum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name slender woodland star. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, where it grows in several types of open habitat. It is a rhizomatous...
- slender woodland star