Bolander's Woodland Star

Lithophragma scabrella Greene, Erythea 3: 102
1895.
Tellima scabrella Greene, Pittonia 2 : 162. 1891.
Stem slender, 2- dm. high, glandular-scabrous ; petioles of basal leaves 1-A cm. long, glandular-puberulent, often bulbiferous in the axils ; blades reniform, 1-2 cm. broad, glandular-hirsute, usually divided into 3-5 rounded lobes which are more or less crenate ; stem-leaves divided to near the base into narrower divisions ; flowers 3-6 ; pedicels 2-5 mm. long ; hypanthium campanulate, together with the sepals about 5 mm. long and
4 mm. wide ; sepals ovate, acutish ; petals about 6 mm. long,' with long claws and rhombicovate entire blades ; styles manifest and slightly exserted ; seeds muriculate.
Type locality: Pine woods south of Tehachapi, California. Distribution : Central California.

Lithophragma bolanderi A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 6: 535. 1865
Tellima Bolanderi A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1 : 198. 1876.
Stem tall, 3-6 dm. high, glandular-puberulent ; petioles of basal leaves 4-6 cm. long, puberulent; blades reniform, indistinctly lobed and sparingly hirsutulous ; stem-leaves several, with bulblets in their axils, the upper deeply divided into narrow divisions; flowers 5-8; pedicels 2-3 mm. long; hypanthium campanulate, striate, together with the sepals 4-5 mm. long; sepals triangular-ovate, acutish ; petals white, 7-8 mm. long, with slender claws and oval or oblong blades, which are entire or rarely slightly dentate.
Type locality : California, in a shady ravine, southeast of Monte Diablo. Distribution : Damp places, central and southern CaHfornia.

Lithophragma bolanderi is a species of flowering plant in the saxifrage family known by the common name Bolander's woodland star. It is endemic to California, where it is known from several mountain ranges, including the North Coast Ranges, the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, and the San Gabriel Mountains. It grows in many types of open habitat. It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a tall naked flowering stem. The leaves are located on the lower part of the stem, each divided into rounded lobes. The stem bears up to 25 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are white, under one centimeter long, and toothed or smooth along the edges.