Lomatium grayi
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Lomatium |
| Species: | L. grayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lomatium grayi (J.M.Coult. & Rose) J.M.Coult. & Rose
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Lomatium grayi, commonly known as Gray's biscuitroot, Gray's desert parsley, or pungent desert parsley, is a perennial herb of the family Apiaceae. It is native to Western Canada in British Columbia, and the Western United States, including from the Eastern Cascades and northeastern California to the Rocky Mountains.[1][2]
It is a perennial herb found growing in dry rocky banks and slopes.[3] It has a lifespan of 5–7 years.
Description[]
Lomatium grayi has glabrous stems that split at the ground, and a long, thick taproot. It flowers from March to July with 1–20 compound umbels, each with hundreds of yellow flowers.[3][4]The fruit is glabrous, elliptic, 8-15 mm long, with the lateral wings about half as wide as the body.[5]
- Varieties
- Lomatium grayi var. depauperatum (M.E. Jones) Mathias; endemic to northeastern Nevada and northwestern Utah.[6]
- Lomatium grayi var. grayi[4][7]
Taxonomy[]
A 2018 study has proposed splitting L. grayi into four species, based on morphometric analysis: Lomatium klickitatense in Klickitat County, Washington and surrounding areas; Lomatium papilioniferum in the rest of the Pacific Northwest; Lomatium depauperatum (formerly L. grayi var. depauperatum) in western Utah and eastern Nevada; and Lomatium grayi s.s. in the western Rocky Mountains and adjoining basins.[8]
Uses[]
The plant was used as a food source by the Northern Paiute people in Oregon; new tender stems were eaten raw, and the roots were a winter 'starvation food.'[9]
See also[]
- Habitats include:
- Pinyon-juniper woodland
- Sagebrush steppe
References[]
- ^ USDA: Lomatium grayi; info + native distribution map . accessed 1.8.2013
- ^ Consortium of California Herbaria (Jepson): Lomatium grayi distribution. accessed 1.8.2013
- ^ Jump up to: a b Lomatium grayi in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, info + detailed distribution map . accessed 1.8.2013
- ^ Jump up to: a b Burke Museum—WTU Herbarium: Lomatium grayi — info + images . accessed 1.8.2013
- ^ Burke Museum—WTU Herbarium: Lomatium papilioniferum accessed May 22, 2021
- ^ USDA Plants Profile: Lomatium grayi var. depauperatum — (Gray's biscuitroot) . accessed 1.8.2013
- ^ USDA: Lomatium grayi var. depauperatum — (Gray's biscuitroot) . accessed 1.8.2013
- ^ Alexander, J. A.; Whaley, W.; Blain, N. (2018). "The Lomatium grayi complex (Apiaceae) of the western United States: a taxonomic revision based on morphometric, essential oil composition, and larva-host coevolution studies". Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. 12 (2): 387–444.
- ^ Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) . accessed 1.8.2013
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