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Engelmann's Desertparsley

Lomatium engelmannii Mathias

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Lomatium engelmannii Mathias, Ann. Mo. Bot. Gard. 25: 268. 1937.
Plants acaulescent, 1-3 dm. high, from a long slender taproot, pubescent to glabrate; leaves oblong to ovate in general outline, excluding the petioles 2.5-15 cm. long, ternate or quinate, then 1-2-pinnate, the ultimate divisions confluent or distinct, ovate-oblong to linearlanceolate, 1-15 mm. long, 0.5-2 mm. broad, apiculate; petioles 2-10 cm. long, wholly sheathing, purplish; peduncles exceeding the leaves; involucel usually wanting; rays 2-12 (the fertile 1-4), spreading or ascending, 1-10 cm. long, unequal; pedicels 2-12 mm. long, the umbellets few-flowered; flowers yellow; fruit ovate-oblong, 9-14 mm. long, 2-5 mm. broad, glabrous, the wings one-half the width of the body, the dorsal ribs filiform; oil-tubes 1 or 2 in the intervals, 2-6 on the commissure.
Type locality: Scott's Mountain, Siskiyou County, northern California, 6000-7000 feet, Engehnann.
Distribution: High mountains, southwestern Oregon and northwestern California {Heller 13,676, Howell 13,656).
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Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Lomatium engelmannii

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Lomatium engelmannii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Engelmann's desertparsley, or Engelmann's lomatium. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it is a member of the local serpentine soils flora.

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Lomatium engelmannii is a perennial herb growing 10 to 30 centimeters tall from a slender taproot. It lacks a stem, producing upright inflorescences and leaves from ground level. The leaves are up to about 30 centimeters long and are intricately divided into many lance-shaped segments. The inflorescence is an umbel of purplish flowers, the clusters on spreading rays up to 13 centimeters long.

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Lomatium engelmannii: Brief Summary

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Lomatium engelmannii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Engelmann's desertparsley, or Engelmann's lomatium. It is native to the Klamath Mountains of southern Oregon and northern California, where it is a member of the local serpentine soils flora.

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