Lomatium macrocarpum
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Lomatium macrocarpum is a perennial flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names bigseed lomatium, biscuit root or bigseed biscuitroot. It is native to much of western North America, where it can be found in various types of habitat, including the grasslands of the Great Plains, and particularly in rocky areas.[1] It is a spreading or erect perennial herb growing up to about half a meter long with hairy, gray-green herbage. The grayish basal leaves[1] are up to about Template:Convert long and are intricately divided into many small, narrow segments. The inflorescence bears an umbel of yellowish, greenish, purplish, or white flowers, growing from a lateral stem.[1] The fruit is a compressed, winged, round or oval disc up to about 2 cm long.
The roots are tuberous and have been made into a flour.[1]
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- Lomatium
- Flora of Western Canada
- Flora of the Northwestern United States
- Flora of the North-Central United States
- Flora of California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Utah
- Flora of the Great Basin
- Flora of the Great Plains (North America)
- Flora of the Rocky Mountains
- Flora of the Klamath Mountains
- Taxa named by Asa Gray
- Taxa named by John Merle Coulter
- Taxa named by John Torrey
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status
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