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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.
Lomatium utriculatum is a hairless to lightly hairy perennial herb growing up to 0.5 meters (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) tall from a slender taproot.The leaves are basal and also grow from the middle and upper sections of the stem, 5–15 centimeters (2–6 inches) long on a 2–10 cm (3 ⁄ 4 –4 in) stalk. [1]
Lomatium nudicaule is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names pestle lomatium, [1]: 110 [2] barestem biscuitroot, Indian celery and Indian consumption plant. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Utah , where it is known from several habitat types, including forest and ...
Lomatium foeniculaceum is a hairy perennial herb growing up to 30 centimeters long from a 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 small, narrow segments.
Lomatium salmoniflorum has a particularly thick taproot and the stems are often separated at the ground, 20 to 60 cm tall. Lomatium salmoniflorum is the first Lomatium species to bloom in its area. It is often confused with Lomatium grayi , the species most similar to Lomatium salmoniflorum .
Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance – west of the Cascade Range ; coastal British Columbia (southeastern Vancouver Island and adjacent Gulf Islands [ 7 ] ) California , Oregon , Washington , disjunct in Idaho [ 8 ] – north-facing slopes of deep soil sites, at higher elevations [ 4 ] – short-stalked or stalkless ...
This is an important characteristic to distinguish it from the very similar species such as Lomatium nevadense where their range overlaps New Mexico, Utah, or Arizona. [8] Seeds of Lomatium orientale, photographed near the Gilla wilderness. The fruits are 5–10 mm long and 3–7 mm wide, [9] with papery wings 0.5–1 mm on the sides. [2]
Lomatium papilioniferum is a species of Lomatium previously included in the Lomatium grayi complex. [1] It is native from southern British Columbia to northern California and east to Idaho and Nevada. It occurs in dry lowland areas including sagebrush desert. [2] [3] [1]