Saxifragaceae 



13* 



or less wedge-shaped. Flowers in small 

 clusters in the axils of the upper leaves; 

 sepals 4; stamens 4 opposite the sepals. 



In shaded damp ground in the wooded 

 areas through the Rockies at an elevation of 

 5000 to 6000 feet, where it often forms dense 

 green carpets, the inconspicuous little flowers 

 coming into blossom in June. 



Litho- 

 phragma 

 parviflora 

 (Hook.) 



Nutt. 



Lithophrag 



ma. 



Stems 4-12 inches high, slightly 

 glandular-hairy, from a slender 

 creeping rootstock with rosy 

 bulblets. Leaves palmately 

 divided to the base into 3-5 

 divisions, J-i inch long, twice 

 ternately cleft into oblong or 

 linear divisions; lower ones on petioles 1-2 

 inches long; stem leaves i or 2 similar, 

 sessile. Flowers 3-8 in a slender raceme, 

 base of the calyx and sepals J of an inch 

 long; petals pure white, deeply 3-5 cut into 

 narrowly oblong divisions. 



On grassy slopes and gravelly places 

 throughout the Rockies; flowering in June. 



