| Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
| Genus species | Lithophragma tenellum Nutt. |
| Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. [J.Torrey & A.Gray] 1: 584 (1840) |
| Native Range | British Columbia to w. USA and New Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | sandy grassland |
| Altitude | 1200-3400m |
| Description | basal leaves orbiculate, simple to 5-lobate, sometimes pinnatisect, flowers 3-12 in compact, erect raceme, petals ovate, palmatilobate, lobes 5-7 |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | pink, white |
| Bloom | spring, summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C division in early spring |
| Synonyms | Lithophragma australe Rydb. Lithophragma brevilobum Rydb. Lithophragma rupicolum Greene Lithophragma tenellum var. thompsonii (Hoover) C.L.Hitchc. Lithophragma thompsonii Hoover Tellima australis (Rydb.) Fedde Tellima breviloba (Rydb.) Fedde Tellima tenella (Nutt.) Steud. |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |