''Podistera'' is a genus of flowering plants 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 ...
. The four species are native to western North America, where they grow in high mountains and northern latitudes. They are compact, mat-forming perennial herbs with a low, clumpy habit common among plants growing in harsh, exposed, cold, dry habitat.
Species:
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Podistera eastwoodiae'' - Eastwood's podistera (
Colorado,
Utah,
New Mexico)
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Podistera macounii'' - Macoun's woodroot (
Alaska,
Yukon,
Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories (abbreviated ''NT'' or ''NWT''; french: Territoires du Nord-Ouest, formerly ''North-Western Territory'' and ''North-West Territories'' and namely shortened as ''Northwest Territory'') is a federal territory of Canada. ...
)
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Podistera nevadensis'' - Sierra podistera (
California)
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Podistera yukonensis'' - Yukon podistera (Alaska, Yukon)
References
External links
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile
Apioideae
Apioideae genera
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