Lithophragma bolanderi
| Lithophragma bolanderi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Lithophragma |
| Species: | L. bolanderi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lithophragma bolanderi | |
Lithophragma 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 Mountains. It grows in many types of open habitat. 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 rounded lobes. The stem bears up to 25 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are white, under one centimeter long, and toothed or smooth along the edges.
Taxonomy
Lithophragma bolanderi was described by Asa Gray in 1865.[1]
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References
- ^ Gray, Asa (May 30, 1865). "Characters of some New Plants of California and Nevada, chiefly from the Collections of Professor William H. Brewer, Botanist of the State Geological Survey of California, and of Dr. Charles L. Anderson, with revisions of certain Genera or Groups". Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 6: 535.