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Bulbous Woodland-star - Lithophragma glabrum
Other Names:  Lithophragma bulbiferum

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4S5

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MNPS Threat Rank:
C-value: 4

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General Description
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).

Species Range
Present
 


Range Comments
BC to SK south to CA, UT, CO and SD (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 19

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Habitat
Meadows, vernally moist grasslands; valleys to subalpine (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

References
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    • Fultz, J.E. 2005. Effects of shelterwood management on flower-visiting insects and their floral resources. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 163 p.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
    • Quire, R.L. 2013. The sagebrush steppe of Montana and southeastern Idaho shows evidence of high native plant diversity, stability, and resistance to the detrimental effects of nonnative plant species. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 124 p.
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