[The Saxifrage Family West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Hill Stars, Prairiestars and Woodland Stars West of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington

The Genus Lithophragma

Flower of Slender Woodland Star: Lithophragma tenellum (Synonyms: Lithophragma rupicola, Lithophragma tenella)

Slender Woodland Star: Lithophragma tenellum

Allied Fringecup, Woodland Star: Lithophragma affine -

Hybrid Woodland Star: Lithophragma affine x parviflorum -

Campanulate Fringecups, Large-flowered Hill Star: Lithophragma campanulatum (Synonyms: Lithophragma heterophylla var. campanulata, Lithophragma heterophylum) -

Bulbiferous Prairie-star, Bulblet Prairie Star, Bulbous Woodland-star, Smooth Fringecup, Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum (Synonyms: Lithophragma bulbifera, Lithophragma glabra) -

Small-flowered Fringecup, Small-flowered Prairiestar, Small-flowered Prairie-star, Small-flowered Woodland-star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum (Synonyms: Lithophragma parviflora, Lithophragma parviflorum, Tellima parviflora) - Early spring wildflower to 14 inches tall. Basal leaves deeply divided 3-5 times. The 5 petals white or pinkish, each divided into 3 thin lobes. Calyx long and thin, widest at the mouth and tapering gradually to the stem. Stems leafless.

Slender Prairie Star, Slender Woodland Star: Lithophragma tenellum (Synonyms: Lithophragma australe, Lithophragma brevilobum, Lithophragma rupicola, Lithophragma tenella, Lithophragma tenella var. tenella, Lithophragma tenella var. thompsonii, Lithophragma tenellum var. thompsonii, Lithophragma thompsonii, Tellima tenella) -


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