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Mission woodland-star

Lithophragma cymbalaria

Mission woodland-star
Photo: Anthony Valois, Public domain
Family
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrag family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
California to Mexico (Baja California Norte)
Climate
temperate

About

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.

Other Lithophragma plants

San Francisco woodland-star · Bolander's woodland-star · Siskiyou Mountain woodland-star · Bulbous woodland-star · Hillside woodland-star · San Clemente Island woodland-star · Smallflower woodland-star · Slender woodland-star · Prairie Woodland Star · Woodland-star

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lithophragma cymbalaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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