Bulbous Woodland-star - Lithophragma glabrum
Other Names:
Lithophragma bulbiferum
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4S5
Agency Status
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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value:
4
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Stems 5–30 cm, often with purple bulblets in axils of upper leaves or inflorescence branches. Leaf blades glabrous below, sparsely hairy above, 5–20 mm wide, reniform, deeply 3-lobed and lobed again. Flowers 1 to 6, often replaced by bulblets; calyx cup-shaped, 2–4 mm long; petals white to pink, 5–8 mm long, mostly deeply 5-lobed. Capsule half exposed above hypanthium
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).