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Prairie Star
Lithophragma parviflorum
  
About Prairie Star (Lithophragma parviflorum) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Lithophragma 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. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a naked flowering stem. The leaves are mainly located low on the stem, each cut into three lobes or divided into three lobed leaflets. The stem bears up to 14 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are bright white, up to 1.6 centimeters long, and usually divided into three toothlike lobes.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
0.33 - 1.6 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
White, Green, Red

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Viridiseptis marina Image
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Greya politellaGreya politella
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Dysstroma mancipataDysstroma mancipata

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Open places

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 8.6" - 93.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.17" - 2.81", Coldest Month: 31.0" - 52.5", Hottest Month: 52.7" - 79.8", Humidity: 0.47" - 27.32", Elevation: 51" - 6729"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Prairie Woodland-star, Smallflower Woodland Star, Smallflower Woodland-star, Smallflower Woodlandstar


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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