[Prairie and Woodland Stars: The Genus Lithophragma in Mt. Adams Country]

Small-flowered Prairie Star, Small-flowered Woodland-star

Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum

Synonyms: Lithophragma parviflora, Lithophragma parviflorum

Flower of Small-flowered Prairie Star, Small-flowered Woodland-star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum (Synonym: Lithophragma parviflora, Lithophragma parviflorum) - Calyx of Small-flowered Prairie Star, Small-flowered Woodland-star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum (Synonym: Lithophragma parviflora, Lithophragma parviflorum)

The photo at left shows a close-up view of the cleft petals of small-flowered prairie star as seen along Rd K1000 in moist coniferous forest to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeast side of Mt. Adams..........May 13, 2007. The photo at right shows a close-up sideview of the calyx of small-flowered prairie star as seen along Rd K1000 in moist coniferous forest to the east of the Mt. Adams Highway on the southeast side of Mt. Adams.........May 13, 2007. Note how the calyx tapers gradually to the pedicel as well as the numerous gland-tipped hairs covering the calyx and stem.

Inflorescence of Small-flowered Prairie Star, Small-flowered Woodland-star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum (Synonym: Lithophragma parviflora, Lithophragma parviflorum) - Small-flowered Prairie Star, Small-flowered Woodland-star: Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum (Synonym: Lithophragma parviflora, Lithophragma parviflorum)

The photo at left shows the cleft petals of small-flowered prairie stars as seen along Rd K6000 in a small, moist, rocky meadow near 2780' on the southeast side of Mt. Adams.........May 14, 2005. The photo at right shows the deeply 3-cleft petals of small-flowered prairie star from Klickitat Oaks, a Columbia Land Trust property in the mid-Klickitat River drainage.....April 27, 2023.

Paul Slichter