WOODLAND STAR
WOODLAND STAR
GENESIS NAME: Lithophragma paviflorum
DISTRIBUTION: IU.S.A....CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY. CANADA...AB
SEASON:B;OOMS March, April, May, June
MEDICAL USE: The Mendocino Indians chewed the roots to combat colds and stomachaches.
POISONOUS: The small bulb they spring from are poisonous if eaten.
EDIBILITY: Unknown
FEATURES: It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a naked flowering stem. The leaves are mainly located low on the stem, each cut into three lobes or divided into three lobed leaflets. The stem bears up to 14 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals.
LEAVES: The leaves are mainly located low on the stem, each cut into three lobes or divided into three lobed leaflets
FRUITS:
DISTRIBUTION: IU.S.A....CA, CO, ID, MT, NE, NV, OR, SD, UT, WA, WY. CANADA...AB
SEASON:B;OOMS March, April, May, June
MEDICAL USE: The Mendocino Indians chewed the roots to combat colds and stomachaches.
POISONOUS: The small bulb they spring from are poisonous if eaten.
EDIBILITY: Unknown
FEATURES: It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a naked flowering stem. The leaves are mainly located low on the stem, each cut into three lobes or divided into three lobed leaflets. The stem bears up to 14 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals.
LEAVES: The leaves are mainly located low on the stem, each cut into three lobes or divided into three lobed leaflets
FRUITS:
DESCRIPTION:
Lithophragma parviflorum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name smallflower woodland star. It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to South Dakota and Nebraska, where it grows in several types of open habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a naked flowering stem. The leaves are mainly located low on the stem, each cut into three lobes or divided into three lobed leaflets. The stem bears up to 14 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are bright white, up to 1.6 centimeters long, and usually divided into three toothlike lobes.
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