View source for Lithophragma tenellum

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|accepted_name=Lithophragma tenellum
|accepted_authority=Nuttall
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|place=1: 584. 1840 (as tenella) ,
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|common_names=Slender woodland star
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lithophragma australe
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
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|name=Lithophragma brevilobum
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
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|name=Lithophragma rupicola
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
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|name=Lithophragma tenellum var. thompsonii
|authority=(Hoover) C. L. Hitchcock
|rank=variety
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|name=Lithophragma thompsonii
|authority=(Nuttall) Steudel
|rank=species
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|name=Tellima tenella
|authority=
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Lithophragma;Lithophragma tenellum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lithophragma]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lithophragma tenellum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 78, 80
|treatment_page=page 79
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>slender. <b>Flowering</b> stems simple, 15–30 cm. <b>Leaves</b> in basal rosette and cauline, basal unlobed, irregularly 3–5-lobed, or digitately lobed, sometimes almost pinnatifid, cauline (2), deeply 3-lobed, appearing pinnatifid, much reduced, more highly dissected than basal; stipules broad, decurrent on petiole base, (margins fimbriate); petiole to 8 cm; blade light green, orbiculate, (base hastate), surfaces sparsely hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1–5, (compact), erect, 3–12-flowered racemes, simple, (10–12 cm). <b>Pedicels</b> shorter than hypanthium. <b>Flowers</b> persistent, not fragrant, slightly pendulous; hypanthium campanulate or hemispheric, becoming elongate-campanulate in fruit, open at throat; sepals erect in bud, widely spreading after anthesis, triangular; petals (exserted), widely spreading, pink, sometimes white, ovate, narrowly clawed, palmately 5–7-lobed, (sinuses extending 1/3–1/2 distance to base), 3–7 mm, ultimate margins entire; ovary to 1/2 inferior; styles exserted slightly in fruit; stigma papillae in narrow subapical band. <b>Seeds</b> 0.6–0.7 mm, smooth or wrinkled. <b>2n</b> = 14, 35.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering (Feb-)May–Jun(-Aug).
|habitat=Sagebrush desert in mountainous regions or high plateaus, dry, open forest, meadows, grasslands, and shrublands, sometimes in mesic subalpine habitats with Lithophragma parviflorum and L. glabrum
|elevation=1200-3000(-3400) m
|distribution=B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p><i>Lithophragma tenellum</i> usually occurs on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains and in the Rocky Mountains, <i>Nevada</i>, and Utah into western North America.</p><!--
--><p>Taxonomy of <i>Lithophragma tenellum</i> is poorly understood because there are few collections from widely divergent geographical areas. The northwestern population (Washington, British Columbia) has been separated as a distinct species (L. thompsonii) based on the extent of the basal leaf lobation, which often shows considerable variation in all species. However, other populations in the Rocky Mountains, <i>Nevada</i>, and Utah have been observed with this lobation, as has Washington-British Columbia material having the more typical leaf form.</p>
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name=Lithophragma tenellum
|authority=Nuttall
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lithophragma australe;Lithophragma brevilobum;Lithophragma rupicola;Lithophragma tenellum var. thompsonii;Lithophragma thompsonii;Tellima tenella
|basionyms=
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering (Feb-)May–Jun(-Aug).
|habitat=Sagebrush desert in mountainous regions or high plateaus, dry, open forest, meadows, grasslands, and shrublands, sometimes in mesic subalpine habitats with Lithophragma parviflorum and L. glabrum
|elevation=1200-3000(-3400) m
|distribution=B.C.;Ariz.;Calif.;Colo.;Idaho;Mont.;Nev.;N.Mex.;Oreg.;Utah;Wash.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer.
|publication year=
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation/src/2e0870ddd59836b60bcf96646a41e87ea5a5943a/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_152.xml
|genus=Lithophragma
|species=Lithophragma tenellum
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