Lithophragma parviflorum
From Puget Prairie Plants
- Latin Name: Lithophragma parviflorum
- Family: Saxifragaceae
- Common Names: small-flowered prairie star, small-flowered woodland star
- Synonyms/Misapplications: Lithophragma parviflora, Tellima parviflora
- Codon: LITPAR
Contents
Taxonomy
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| Photo by Ray Izumi, 2010, also featured on Main Page | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Subkingdom: | Tracheobionta |
| Phylum: | Spermatophyta |
| Subphylum: | Magnoliophyta |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida |
| Subclass: | Saxifraganae |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Lithophragma (Nutt.) Torr & A. Gray |
| Species: | Lithophragma parviflorum (Hook.) Nutt. |
Description
Bloom Period
Distribution
Habitat
Uses
Propagation
Seed
Seed sample from: 2010
Average Measurement: 0.5 x 0.3 x 0.2
Measurement Range: L: 0.3 - 0.6, W: 0.1 - 0.3, D: 0.1 - 0.6
Features
Shape: Seeds very small, hilum puckered, and located at tapered end of seed. Opposite apex also tapered.
Color: Seeds dark brown, and almost black at ridges and wrinkles.
Surface: Seeds have at least one major ridge that extends longitudinally from hilum to opposite apex. Seeds may have some other longitudinal ridging and wrinkling. Seeds very shiny, smooth, and iridescent.
Latitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical 
Photo Gallery
Photo by Ben Legler, 2003
Photo by Bud Kovalchik
