View source for Lithophragma affine

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|accepted_name=Lithophragma affine
|accepted_authority=A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|place=6: 534. 1865 (as affinis) ,
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|common_names=San Francisco woodland star
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Lithophragma affine subsp. mixtum
|authority=Roy L. Taylor
|rank=subspecies
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|name=Lithophragma catalinae
|authority=Rydberg
|rank=species
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|name=Lithophragma intermedium
|authority=Eastwood ex Small & Rydberg
|rank=species
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|name=Lithophragma trifidum
|authority=(Greene) Greene
|rank=species
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|name=Lithophragma tripartitum
|authority=(Rydberg) Fedde
|rank=species
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|name=Tellima catalinae
|authority=(Rydberg) Fedde
|rank=species
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|name=Tellima intermedia
|authority=Greene
|rank=species
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|name=Tellima tripartita
|authority=
|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Saxifragaceae;Lithophragma;Lithophragma affine
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Saxifragaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Lithophragma]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Lithophragma affine]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 8
|mention_page=page 78, 81
|treatment_page=page 80
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>robust. <b>Flowering</b> stems simple, 20–55 cm. <b>Leaves</b> in basal rosette and cauline, basal leaves 3–5-lobed, cauline (1–3), deeply 3-lobed, usually reduced, similar to basal; stipules narrow, not decurrent on petiole base, (margins fimbriate); petiole to 22 cm; blade dark green, orbiculate to reniform, (base cordate), surfaces variously hairy. <b>Inflorescences</b> 1–9(–15), (often lax), nodding racemes, simple, 3–9(–15)-flowered, (10–60 cm). <b>Pedicels</b> equaling or shorter than hypanthium. <b>Flowers</b> deciduous if unfertilized, not fragrant, horizontal; hypanthium obconic, elongating in fruit, throat constricted or partially open, (length 2 times diam.); sepals erect, often remaining slightly erect in fruit, triangular; petals (exserted), not widely spreading, white with obscure venation, ovate-elliptic, narrowly clawed, usually shallowly 3-lobed, rarely unlobed, (sinuses extending to 1/2 distance to base), 4–13 mm, ultimate margins entire, sometimes with extra tooth, (lobes acute); ovary ± completely inferior; styles included in fruit; stigma papillae in narrow subapical, sometimes apical bands. <b>Seeds</b> 0.5–0.6 mm, smooth, sometimes rough. <b>2n</b> = 14, 21, 28, 35.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Coastal mountains, open, well-drained, grassy slopes, clearings, open bluffs in oak or coniferous-oak woodlands, sometimes in semishade or coastal north-facing canyons
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p>Flowering in <i>Lithophragma affine</i> is dependent upon sufficient rainfall. Often-abundant vegetative reproduction is by aerial or subterranean bulbils. The southern California specimens form a polymorphic complex related to the topography of the region, seasonal precipitation, and reproductive biology. The north-coastal distribution is complicated by introgression with <i>L. parviflorum</i>. Similar transitional forms occur in central coastal California to the Sierra <i>Nevada</i> foothills.</p><!--
--><p>The Mendocino Indians used the root of <i>Lithophragma affine</i> to treat colds and stomach aches (D. E. Moerman 1998).</p>
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name=Lithophragma affine
|authority=A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Lithophragma affine subsp. mixtum;Lithophragma catalinae;Lithophragma intermedium;Lithophragma trifidum;Lithophragma tripartitum;Tellima catalinae;Tellima intermedia;Tellima tripartita
|basionyms=
|family=Saxifragaceae
|phenology=Flowering Mar–May.
|habitat=Coastal mountains, open, well-drained, grassy slopes, clearings, open bluffs in oak or coniferous-oak woodlands, sometimes in semishade or coastal north-facing canyons
|elevation=0-2000 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
|reference=None
|publication title=Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f50eec43f223ca0e34566be0b046453a0960e173/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V8/V8_155.xml
|genus=Lithophragma
|species=Lithophragma affine
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