Lomatium Greenmanii
''Lomatium greenmanii'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae, carrot family known by the common names Greenman's desertparsley and Greenman's biscuitroot. It is Endemism, endemic to Oregon in the United States, where it is found only in the Wallowa Mountains of Wallowa County, Oregon, Wallowa County.''Lomatium greenmanii''.
The Nature Conservancy. This is a petite perennial herb with highly dissected green basal leaves each 3 to 6 centimeters long. The inflorescence is borne on a stem just a few centimeters tall. It is an umbel of tiny yellow flowers. Blooming occurs in July and August after the snow melts in its high elevation habitat. The plant grows in the subalpine zone in rocky areas or meadows amongst conifers. Other plants in the habitat may include F ...
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Apiaceae
Apiaceae or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering plants, with more than 3,700 species in 434 generaStevens, P.F. (2001 onwards)Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Version 9, June 2008. including such well-known and economically important plants as ajwain, angelica, anise, asafoetida, caraway, carrot, celery, chervil, coriander, cumin, dill, fennel, lovage, cow parsley, parsley, parsnip and sea holly, as well as silphium, a plant whose identity is unclear and which may be extinct. The family Apiaceae includes a significant number of phototoxic species, such as giant hogweed, and a smaller number of highly poisonous species, such as poison hemlock, water hemlock, spotted cowbane, fool's parsley, and various species of water dropwort. Description Most Apiaceae are annual, biennial or perennial ...
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