Lithophragma campanulatum

Howell

Fl. N.W. Amer., 200. 1898 (as campanulata) ,.

Common names: Siskiyou Mountain woodland star
Endemic
Synonyms: Lithophragma laciniatum Eastwood ex Small & Rydberg
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 81. Mentioned on page 78.

Plants slender to robust. Flowering-stems often branched, 25–45 cm. Leaves in basal rosette and cauline, basal 3-lobed, cauline (1–2), 3-lobed, reduced, more finely dissected than basal; stipules small, not decurrent on petiole, (margins raggedly fimbriate); petiole 4–8 cm; blade dark green or reddish green, orbiculate, (base rounded), surfaces moderately hairy. Inflorescences 1–3, (lax), erect, 2–11-flowered racemes, sometimes branched, (10–25 cm). Pedicels shorter than hypanthium, (flowers ± sessile). Flowers persistent, fragrant, pendulous; hypanthium broadly campanulate, elongating slightly in fruit, throat not constricted, (length 2 times diam.); sepals erect in bud, widely spreading after anthesis, triangular; petals (partly included), spreading, white, ovate-elliptic, lamina tonguelike, narrowly clawed, palmately lobed, 3–7 mm, ultimate margins lacerate; ovary superior; styles well exserted in fruit; stigma papillae apical. Seeds 0.6 mm, tuberculate (tubercles in 3–19 distinct rows, blunt).


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat: Well-drained, moist, semishaded slopes with northern exposure, oak-coniferous woodlands
Elevation: 100-2200 m

Discussion

Lithophragma campanulatum is known from the Siskiyou Mountains, adjacent Klamath and Cascade mountains, and adjacent Sierra Nevada in northern California and southern Oregon.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"entire" is not a number.

... more about "Lithophragma campanulatum"
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
acute +  and obtuse +
Roy L. Taylor +
Howell +
cuneate +, rounded +, hastate +  and cordate +
reddish green +  and dark green +
dentate +, serrate +  and entire +
glandular-ciliate +  and ciliate +
orbiculate +
3-carpellate +  and 2-carpellate +
lobed +  and unlobed +
Siskiyou Mountain woodland star +
ebracteate +, bracteate +  and 2-300(-1000+)-flowered +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
100-2200 m +
persistent +
fragrant +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
2-3(-4)-beaked +  and folliclelike +
Well-drained, moist, semishaded slopes with northern exposure, oak-coniferous woodlands +
multicellular +
free +  and adnate +
campanulate +
2-12(-25)-flowered +
lobed +, clawed +  and tonguelike +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
opposite +  and alternate +
1 (?) +  and 2 (?) +
cauline +  and basal +
more finely dissected than basal +  and 3-lobed +
reduced +
0 +  and 1/2 +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
crassinucellate +, unitegmic +  and bitegmic +
epigynous +, perigynous +  and hypogynous +
distinct +
ovate-elliptic +
peltate +  and jointed +
stipitate-glandular +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br />) +
Flowering Apr–Jul. +
unequal +
Fl. N.W. Amer., +
branched +  and 2-11-flowered +
spiny +  and ribbed +
dark-brown +
straight +
tuberculate +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (?) +
green tinged with red +
distinct +
spreading +  and erect +
triangular +
unbranched +  and branched +
persistent +
horizontal +  and erect +
not decurrent +
connate +  and distinct +
Lithophragma laciniatum +
Lithophragma campanulatum +
Lithophragma +
species +
not constricted +
not stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
annual +, biennial +  and perennial +