Lithophragma parviflorum var. parviflorum

Pink woodland star

Family: Saxifragaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Pink woodland star is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California Ranges, Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi Mountains, Sacramento Valley, San Francisco Bay Area, southern Coast Ranges, Transverse Ranges, and North Coast Ranges in open areas at elevations below 3,000 meters. Flowering from March to July, this plant produces white or pink flowers with petals in blossoms where the hypanthium is approximately twice as long as wide. Growing with delicate stems typically 10 to 30 centimeters tall, it forms small clusters in woodland and grassland settings. Its leaves are divided into deeply lobed segments, creating a delicate, lacy appearance with fine, intricate divisions. The tiny seeds measure just 0.5 to 0.6 millimeters long, contributing to the plant's diminutive and graceful character.

Habitat: Common. Open areas

Bloom period: Mar-Jul

Elevation: < 3000 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRI, NCoRH, CaRH, SNH, Teh, ScV (Sutter Buttes), SnFrB, SCoRI, WTR, MP.

California counties: Kern, Monterey, Tulare, San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles, San Benito, El Dorado, Amador, Colusa, Fresno, Butte, Glenn, Contra Costa, Tehama, Plumas, Shasta, Tuolumne, Alameda, Sutter, Placer, Stanislaus, San Diego, Humboldt, Ventura, Sierra, Napa, Lake

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.