Lomatium utriculatum
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Lomatium utriculatum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name common lomatium or spring gold. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat including chaparral, and in the Sierra Nevada.
Description
Lomatium utriculatum is a hairless to lightly hairy perennial herb growing up to Script error: No such module "convert". tall from a slender taproot. The leaves are basal and also grow from the middle and upper sections of the stem, Script error: No such module "convert". long on a Script error: No such module "convert". stalk.[1] Each leaf is generally divided and subdivided into many small linear lobes. Leaves higher on the stem have prominent sheaths. The inflorescence is a webbed umbel of yellow flowers with rays up to Script error: No such module "convert". long, blooming from February to June and expanding to Script error: No such module "convert". across while in fruit.[1] The fruit is seedlike and Script error: No such module "convert". long.[1]
Range and habitat
Lomatium utriculatum is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat including chaparral, and in the Sierra Nevada. In Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia it is found most often west of the Cascade Mountain crest, unlike most Lomatium species, which grow in dry areas east of the Cascades.
Uses
This plant was used as a food and medicinal remedy by many Native American groups,[2] some of whom ate the fresh leaves raw.[1]
References
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External links
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- Lomatium
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of California
- Flora of the Cascade Range
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of the California Coast Ranges
- Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges
- Natural history of the Transverse Ranges
- Taxa named by John Merle Coulter
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status