''Lomatium roneorum'', Rone's desert-parsley or Rone's biscuit-root, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of ''
Lomatium
''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 t ...
'' native to chalky soils in the Chumstick formation in Washington State.
The specific epithet commemorates the surname Rone, as determined by an auction for the naming rights.
Description
''Lomatium roneorum'' is approximately 40 cm tall when in flower or fruit and has numerous strongly overlapping blunt-tipped glabrous green to blue-gray leaflets born on thick stems and yellow flowers, distinguishing it from the nearby endemic ''
Lomatium cuspidatum''.
Flowers are held above the foliage in a compound umbel on thick fleshy stalks that arise from the base of the plant.
References
roneorum
Plants described in 2018
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