''Lomatium dasycarpum'' is a species of flowering plant in the

carrot family 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 plan ...

known by the common name woollyfruit desertparsley. It is native to

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and

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, where it is widespread throughout many of the mountain ranges, including the Peninsular,

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, and

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, and in valleys.

Description

''Lomatium dasycarpum'' is a lightly hairy perennial herb up to about half a meter tall. The upright leaves emerge from the base of the plant, growing up to 24 centimeters long with blades divided into many small, narrow segments. The

inflorescence An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed o ...

is an umbel of hairy greenish or purplish flowers which yield woolly, flattened, disclike fruits up to 2 centimeters long.

External links

Calflora Database: ''Lomatium dasycarpum'' (woollyfruit desertparsley, woolly fruited lomatium)Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of ''Lomatium dasycarpum''USDA Plants Profile for ''Lomatium dasycarpum''UC Photos gallery — ''Lomatium dasycarpum''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q6669220 dasycarpum Flora of Baja California Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status