LITOFITHO – (yaz kalimai yunonii «Litos» yane sang va kalimai «Fiton» yane rastani girifta shudaast) – in yak namudi potrofitho yo rastanihoe, ki dar sangu kharsangho, shokhhoi darakht yo joyhoi kafidai onho mesabzida meboshad. Litofitho jinshoi kuhiro vayron karda, baroi numui rastaniho zamina tayyor mekunand. Odatan kharsang avval bakteriyayu obsabz, bad gulsangu ushnaho va dar okhir rastanihoi darajai oli (aksari namudhoi sarkhas, momogul, archa, sanavbar va gayra) mesabzand.