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Mission Woodland Star

Lithophragma cymbalaria Torr. & Gray

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Lithophragma cymbalaria T. & G. Fl. N. Am. 1 : 585. 1840
Tellima Cymbalaria Steud. Nom. Bot. ed. 2. 2 : 665. 1841.
Stem slender, 1.5-3 dm. high, finely glandular-puberulent; petioles of basal leaves 2-5 cm. long, finely puberulent; blades reniform, 3-5-lobed ; lobes rounded, crenatewith broad and round teeth or entire ; stem-leaves usually opposite, once or twice ternately divided, with narrow lobes; flowers 3-6; pedicels 5-10 mm. long; hypanthium short-turbinate, together with the sepals 3-6 mm. long; sepals triangular, acute; petals 6-9 mm. long, with slender claws and rhombic-oval, entire blades.
Type locality : Shady woods near Santa Barbara, California. Distribution : Southern California, near the coast.
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John Kunkel SmaII, Per Axel Rydber, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Percy Wilson, Henry Hurd Rusby. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(2). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Lithophragma cymbalaria

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Lithophragma cymbalaria is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name mission woodland star.

It is endemic to California, where it is known from moist, shady habitat in the California Coast Ranges and canyons from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Transverse Ranges in the Los Angeles region, and the northern Channel Islands of California.

Description

Lithophragma cymbalaria is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a slender naked flowering stem. The small leaves are mostly located on the lower part of the stem, each divided into three rounded lobes.

The stem bears 2 to 8 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are white, under one centimeter long, and smooth along the edges or very shallowly toothed.

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Lithophragma cymbalaria: Brief Summary

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Lithophragma cymbalaria is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name mission woodland star.

It is endemic to California, where it is known from moist, shady habitat in the California Coast Ranges and canyons from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Transverse Ranges in the Los Angeles region, and the northern Channel Islands of California.

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