How to Grow and Care for Woodland Stars

You can see san francisco woodland star (Lithophragma affine) in the wild. It is known as the woodland star for its five-petaled star-shaped flowers. Despite being named for woodland habitats, it also grows in a range of open hillside locations. The best time viewing time is in late spring, when the flowers are in bloom.

Hillside Woodland Star (*Lithophragma heterophyllum*) is a lipomatous perennial herb species native to coastal mountain regions of California. Hillside Woodland Star grows in shady habitats. This species is a member of the saxifrage family.

Distinguished by dainty white flowers, prairie woodland-star graces woodland landscapes with a delicate, airy presence. Its three lobed leaves, as suggested by 'trifoliatum', emerge from slender stalks and mirror the understated elegance of its small blossoms. Thriving in the understory of temperate forests, prairie woodland-star adapts to the dappled light, using this filtered canopy to bloom in spring's embrace while contributing to the intricate tapestry of the forest floor.

Lithophragma parviflorum is native to much of western North America. The leaves are cut into three lobes. The stem bears up to 14 flowers, each in a cuplike calyx of red or green sepals. The five petals are bright white, up to 1.6 cm long, and usually divided into three toothlike lobes.

It is a rhizomatous perennial herb growing erect or leaning with a slender glandular-pubescent flowering stem. Each leaf is cut into five deep fingerlike lobes or divided into five leaflets which may be toothed. The stem bears 1 to 7 white or pink-tinged flowers.