Lithophragma tenellum
Lithophragma tenellum is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name slender woodland star.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Saxifragales |
| Family: | Saxifragaceae |
| Genus: | Lithophragma |
| Species: | L. tenellum |
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It is native to much of western North America from British Columbia to California to New Mexico, 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 divided into three toothed lobes. The stem bears 3 to 12 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are white or pink, up to 7 millimeters long, and lined with several lobes or teeth.
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