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Blooms: April - June
Habit: herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
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Distribution: West of the Cascades from British Columbia south to California
Habitat: Low elevations; somewhat moist, open, often rocky areas
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Species Description:
General: Perennial from a slender taproot, 1-6 dm. tall.
Leaves: Leaves chiefly cauline, soft, ternate-pinnately dissected, the ultimate segments crowded, pointed, up to 5 mm. long and less than 1 mm. wide.
Flowers: Inflorescence a compound umbel, the rays as many as 15, unequal, 2-7 mm. long at maturity; involucre none; bractlets of the involucel well developed, 2-5 mm. long, obovate to elliptic, the tip often shallowly cleft; calyx teeth none; flowers bright yellow; pedicels 2-8 mm. long.
Fruit: Fruit elliptic, glabrous at maturity, 5-11 mm. long and 3-6 mm. wide, lateral wings about the same width as the body; dorsal ribs slightly raised.
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Full Name with Authors:
Lomatium utriculatum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose
Synonyms:
Lomatium vaseyi (Coult. & Rose) Coult. & Rose
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Lomatium utriculatum |
Additional Resources:
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Lomatium utriculatum specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Lomatium utriculatum treatment.
Oregon Flora Project Atlas: Lomatium utriculatum atlas page.
E-Flora BC: Lomatium utriculatum atlas page.
CalPhotos: Lomatium utriculatum images.
USDA Plants Database: Lomatium utriculatum. |
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