Difference between revisions of "Lithophragma parviflorum"

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* Latin Name: ''Lithophragma'' ''parviflorum''
 
* Latin Name: ''Lithophragma'' ''parviflorum''
 
* Family: Saxifragaceae
 
* Family: Saxifragaceae
* Common Names: small-flowered prairie star
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* Common Names: small-flowered prairie star, small-flowered woodland star
 
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Lithophragma'' ''parviflora, Tellima'' ''parviflora''
 
* Synonyms/Misapplications: ''Lithophragma'' ''parviflora, Tellima'' ''parviflora''
 
* Codon: LITPAR  
 
* Codon: LITPAR  
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=== Taxonomy ===
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{{Taxobox
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| image = LITPAR1.JPG
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| image_caption = Photo by Ray Izumi, 2010, also featured on Main Page
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| name = '''''Lithophragma parviflorum'''''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| subregnum = Tracheobionta
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| phylum = Spermatophyta
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| subphylum= Magnoliophyta
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| classis = Magnoliopsida
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| subclassis = Saxifraganae
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| ordo = Saxifragales
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| familia = Saxifragaceae
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| genus = '''''Lithophragma''''' (Nutt.) Torr & A. Gray
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| species = ''''' Lithophragma parviflorum''''' (Hook.) Nutt.
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| subspecies =
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}}
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===Description===
 
===Description===
 
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'''General''': Glandular-pubescent perennial from slender rhizomes bearing numerous rice-grain bulblets, the stems 10-30 cm. tall, often purplish- or grayish-tinged above.
 
'''Leaves''': Leaves mostly basal, with petioles 2-6 cm. long, the blades 1-3 cm. broad, usually cleft to the base into 5 wedge-shaped segments that are bi-ternately to ternately cleft and lobed; cauline leaves 2, sub-sessile, cleft into narrower segments.
 
'''Flowers''': Inflorescence a congested raceme at first, becoming up to 15 cm. long, 5- to 11-flowered; calyx obconic, 4-6 mm. long, the 5 lobes triangular-ovate, 1-2 mm. long and broad; petals white to pinkish, 5-10 mm. long, obovate with a wedge-shaped base, digitally 3-cleft, narrowed abruptly to a short, slender claw.
 
'''Fruit''': Ovary nearly completely inferior; carpels 3.
 
  
 
===Bloom Period===
 
===Bloom Period===
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===Distribution===
 
===Distribution===
 
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Both sides of the Cascades, British Columbia to California, east to the Dakotas and Colorado
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===Habitat===
 
===Habitat===
 
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Prairies, sagebrush desert and forest openings, sea level to mid-elevations in the mountains
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===Uses===
 
===Uses===
 
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'''Longitudinal''' Cross Section: elliptical [[File:LIPA long.png]]
 
'''Longitudinal''' Cross Section: elliptical [[File:LIPA long.png]]
===Resouces===
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=== Photo Gallery ===
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<gallery>
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File:LITPAR2.jpg| Photo by Bud Kovalchik
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File:LITPAR3.jpg| Photo by Ben Legler, 2003
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</gallery>
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===Resources===
 
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http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php
 
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LIPA5
 
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LIPA5
 
http://www.wnps.org/landscaping/herbarium/pages/lithophragma-parviflorum.html
 

Revision as of 17:42, 8 June 2020

  • Latin Name: Lithophragma parviflorum
  • Family: Saxifragaceae
  • Common Names: small-flowered prairie star, small-flowered woodland star
  • Synonyms/Misapplications: Lithophragma parviflora, Tellima parviflora
  • Codon: LITPAR

Taxonomy

Lithophragma parviflorum
File:LITPAR1.JPG
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 LIPA lat.png

Longitudinal Cross Section: elliptical LIPA long.png

Photo Gallery

Resources