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Lomatium Triternatum 9520
''Lomatium'' is a genus in the family Apiaceae. It consists of about 100 species native to western Northern America and northern Mexico. Its common names include biscuitroot, Indian parsley, and desert parsley. It is in the family Apiaceae and therefore related to many familiar edible species such as carrots and celery; some ''Lomatium'' species are extensively used by Native Americans in the inland Northwest as a staple food. Description Roots range from woody taproots to more fleshy underground tuberous-thickened roots. Most lomatiums are desert species or grow on bluffs or mountain slopes where water is limited for most of the year. They are green and grow the most during the spring when water is available, and many species then set seed and dry out completely above ground before the hottest part of the year, while storing the energy they gained from photosynthesizing while water was available to them in their deep roots. For most of the year, the plant is not visible; the br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lomatium Utriculatum
''Lomatium utriculatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name common lomatium or spring gold. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat including chaparral, and in the Sierra Nevada. Description ''Lomatium utriculatum'' is a hairless to lightly hairy perennial herb growing up to tall from a slender taproot. The leaves are basal and also grow from the middle and upper sections of the stem, long on a stalk. Each leaf is generally divided and subdivided into many small linear lobes. Leaves higher on the stem have prominent sheaths. The inflorescence is a webbed umbel of yellow flowers with rays up to long, blooming from February to June and expanding to across while in fruit. The fruit is seedlike and long. Range and Habitat ''Lomatium utriculatum'' is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |