''Lomatium marginatum'' is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name butte desertparsley. It is

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, where it is known from mountains, valley, and grassland habitat, including serpentine, in the northern half of the state. It is a perennial herb growing up to about half a meter tall from a small

taproot A taproot is a large, central, and dominant root from which other roots sprout laterally. Typically a taproot is somewhat straight and very thick, is tapering in shape, and grows directly downward. In some plants, such as the carrot, the taproo ...

. There is no stem, and the leaves and

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 ...

emerge from ground level. The purple-green leaves may approach 30 centimeters long, their blades divided into many long, narrow segments. The short but wide

bears an

umbel In botany, an umbel is an inflorescence that consists of a number of short flower stalks (called pedicels) that spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs. The word was coined in botanical usage in the 1590s, from Latin ''umbella'' "p ...

of yellowish, purplish, or reddish flowers. The Lomatium marginatum is not currently an endangered species.

External links

Calflora Database: ''Lomatium marginatum'' (Butte desertparsley, Hartweg's lomatium, Tall hog fennel)

Calflora Database: ''Lomatium marginatum'' var. ''marginatum''

Calflora Database: ''Lomatium marginatum'' var. ''purpureum'' (Jepson's lomatium)Jepson Manual eFlora treatment of ''Lomatium marginatum''USDA Plants Profile for ''Lomatium marginatum'' (butte desertparsley)
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marginatum Endemic flora of California Flora of the Klamath Mountains Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States) Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Taxa named by George Bentham Taxa named by John Merle Coulter Taxa named by Willis Linn Jepson Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Apiaceae-stub