Lomatium grayi
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Lomatium grayi, commonly known as Gray's biscuitroot, Gray's lomatium, or milfoil lomatium, 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 April to July with 1–20 compound umbels, each with hundreds of yellow flowers.[3][4]
- Varieties
- Lomatium grayi var. depauperatum — Gray's biscuitroot (M.E. Jones) Mathias; endemic to northeastern Nevada and northwestern Utah.[5]
- Lomatium grayi var. grayi — Gray's biscuitroot;[6][4]
Uses
The plant was used as a food source by the Northern Paiute people in Oregon, new tender stems eaten raw, and the roots as a winter 'starvation food.' [7]
See also
- Habitats include:
References
External links
- USDA Plants Profile: Lomatium grayi (Gray's biscuitroot)
- Jepson eFlora treatment: Lomatium grayi
- Lomatium grayi — U.C. Photo gallery
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Kategorie:Flora of British Columbia
Kategorie:Flora of California
Kategorie:Flora of Colorado
Kategorie:Flora of Idaho
Kategorie:Flora of Nevada
Kategorie:Flora of New Mexico
Kategorie:Flora of Oregon
Kategorie:Flora of Utah
Kategorie:Flora of Washington (state)
Kategorie:Flora of Wyoming
Kategorie:Flora of the Great Basin
Kategorie:Flora of the Rocky Mountains
Kategorie:Flora of the Western United States
Kategorie:Taxa named by John Merle Coulter
- ↑ USDA: Lomatium grayi; info + native distribution map . accessed 1.8.2013
- ↑ Consortium of California Herbaria (Jepson): Lomatium grayi distribution. accessed 1.8.2013
- ↑ a b Lomatium grayi in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, info + detailed distribution map . accessed 1.8.2013
- ↑ a b Burke Museum—WTU Herbarium: Lomatium grayi — info + images . accessed 1.8.2013
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn) . accessed 1.8.2013