Lomatium

Agate Desert Lomatium, Agate Desertparsley
Description
Physical Description ...

Lomatium information
Lomatium - Lomatium dissectum (in the Umbelliferae or Parsley family)
Part used: Root.

Lomatium dissectum < sometimes called "Fernleaf Lomatium", has large, handsome, leaves that are usually pinnately dissected but they are infrequently (as shown here) more broadly dissected. Flowers surmount a stalk that is up to 40 inches tall.

Genus: Lomatium
Description
General: hairless or short-hairy perennial, stems usually
leafless, 10-35 dm tall at maturity. Root short and tuberous-
thickened to less often more slender and elongate.

Lomatium nudicaule is called Wild or Indian Celery as well as Indian Consumption Plant. It is a western North American perennial, favoring sunny sites and well-draining soil.

Lomatium triternatum. Nine Leaf Biscuitroot.
Lomatium dissectum. Fern-leaf Biscuitroot.
Lomatium dissectum. Fern-leaf Biscuitroot ...

360/3045: Ferula (175), Pimpinella (150), Angelica (110), Seseli (110), Peucedanum s.l. (110), Lomatium (74), Heracleum (65), Chaerophyllum (60), Arracacia (55), Ligusticum (50). (map: see Meusel et al. 1978; Hultén & Fries 1986 - incomplete).

See also: Medic, Red Pine, Buckeyes, Black Ash, Striped Maple