Biology:Lomatium piperi

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Short description: Species of carrot

Indian biscuitroot
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Lomatium
Species:
L. piperi
Binomial name
Lomatium piperi
J.M.Coult. & Rose

Lomatium piperi is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name salt-and-pepper or Indian biscuitroot (and called mámɨn in the local Sahaptin language). It is native to the Northwestern United States and northern California , where it grows in sagebrush and plateau habitat, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains.

Description

Lomatium piperi is a perennial herb growing up to about 25 centimeters long from a spherical tuber no more than a centimeter wide. There is generally no stem, the leaves and inflorescence emerging at ground level. The leaf blades are divided into segments which are subdivided into narrow, flat lobes. The inflorescence is an umbel of white flowers with dark anthers.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6669257 entry