Lithophragma affine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Saxifragaceae |
Genus: | Lithophragma |
Species: | L. affine
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Binomial name | |
Lithophragma affine |
Lithophragma affine is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name San Francisco woodland star or fringed woodland star. [1] 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 [2] up to an altitude of 6,600 feet (2,000 m). [1]
It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a tall naked flowering stem. The leaves are located on the lower part of the stem, each divided into sharp-pointed lobes. The stem bears up to 15 widely spaced flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are bright white, up to 1.3 centimeters long, and divided into three toothlike lobes at the tips. [2]
Depending on location, it blooms between late January and June. [1]
Lithophragma affine | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Saxifragaceae |
Genus: | Lithophragma |
Species: | L. affine
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Binomial name | |
Lithophragma affine |
Lithophragma affine is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name San Francisco woodland star or fringed woodland star. [1] 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 [2] up to an altitude of 6,600 feet (2,000 m). [1]
It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a tall naked flowering stem. The leaves are located on the lower part of the stem, each divided into sharp-pointed lobes. The stem bears up to 15 widely spaced flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are bright white, up to 1.3 centimeters long, and divided into three toothlike lobes at the tips. [2]
Depending on location, it blooms between late January and June. [1]