Lomatium dasycarpum
| Lomatium dasycarpum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Tribe: | Selineae |
| Genus: | Lomatium |
| Species: | L. dasycarpum |
| Binomial name | |
| Lomatium dasycarpum (Torr. & A.Gray) J.M.Coult. & Rose | |
Lomatium dasycarpum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name woollyfruit desertparsley. It is native to California and Baja California, where it is widespread throughout many of the mountain ranges, including the Peninsular, Sierra Nevada, and California Coast Ranges, 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 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
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