Lithophragma glabrum Nutt.
smooth fringecup (bulbous woodland-star; smooth woodland star)
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
smooth fringecup (bulbous woodland-star; smooth woodland star)
Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from slender rhizomes, with small bulblets; stems erect, 5-25 cm tall, lightly to heavily glandular-hairy throughout, the hairs usually purple-tipped.
Leaves:
Basal leaves round to kidney-shaped, 1-2 cm wide, palmately cleft to the base into (3) 5 segments, these again 3-lobed, smooth or sparsely hairy, often with bulblets in axils; stalks slender, 1-2.5 cm long, with widened stipular bases; stem leaves usually 2, similar to basal or with narrower segments.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a 2- to 5-flowered cluster; petals pinkish or purplish-tinged, 5, clawed, the blades wedge egg-shaped, to 8 mm long, usually 5-cleft, the segments often again deeply divided; calyces bell-shaped, 3-4 mm long (up to 6 mm long in fruit), joined to ovary to about 1 mm, the free hypanthium spreading slightly; calyx lobes 5, triangular, 0.5-1 mm long, tips blunt to rounded; stamens 10.
Fruits:
Capsules; seeds brownish, about 0.5 mm long, with tiny spines.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lithophragma glabrum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
904 | 365 | 2074 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
38 | 0 | 88 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
34 | 30 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 0 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
38 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(2), BG(16), ESSF(1), IDF(8), MS(2), PP(7), SBS(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Mesic to dry coastal bluffs, meadows, open coniferous and deciduous forests, grasslands and shrublands in the lowland and steppe to subalpine zones; frequent in S BC; E to SK and S to SD, CO, UT, NV and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Lithophragma bulbiferum Rydb.
Lithophragma glabrum var. bulbiferum (Rydb.) Jeps.
Lithophragma glabrum var. ramulosum (Suksd.) B. Boivin