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Lomatium roots range from woody taproots to more fleshy underground tuberous-thickened roots.The plants are green and grow the most during the spring when water is available, and many species then set seed and dry out completely above ground before the hottest part of the year, while storing the energy they gained from photosynthesizing while water was available to them in their deep roots.
Cyssopetalum Turcz. Oenanthe, known as water dropworts, oenanthes, [2] water parsleys, [3] and water celeries, [4] are a genus of plants in the family Apiaceae. Most of the species grow in damp ground, such as in marshes or in water. Several of the species are extremely poisonous, the active poison being oenanthotoxin.
Hemlock water-dropwort is a robust hairless perennial growing up to 150 cm tall with hollow, cylindrical, grooved stems up to 3.5 cm across. The stems are often branched. The upper part of the roots include five or more obovoid, pale yellow, fleshy tubers up to 6 cm long, which exude a yellowish oily fluid when cut that stains the skin. [1] [2]
Parsley, or garden parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae that is native to Greece, Morocco and the former Yugoslavia. [1] It has been introduced and naturalized in Europe and elsewhere in the world with suitable climates, and is widely cultivated as an herb and a vegetable .
Ligusticum. Species: L. porteri. Binomial name. Ligusticum porteri. Coult. & Rose. Ligusticum porteri, also known as oshá (pronounced o-SHAW), wild parsnip, Porter’s Lovage or wild celery, is a perennial herb found in parts of the Rocky Mountains and northern New Mexico, especially in the southwestern United States.
Oenanthe javanica is a perennial herb that grows to about 1 m in height, with fibrous roots that emerge from all nodes, and flowers with 5 white petals and 5 stamens. The leaves are aromatic, glabrous, and have a sheath covering the stem. The leaflets are divided into lobes and crinkled. [7] The 'Flamingo' variety has colorful pink edges.
It is a perennial herb reaching up to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) tall, [1] growing from a thick taproot. The leaves are mostly attached near the base of the plant, [1] spreading with petioles up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long and large blades divided into many small, [1] narrow segments. The inflorescence is an umbel of many small yellow, purple ...
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 .