Genus

Lomatium (Biscuitroots)

Lomatium utriculatum. Photo: (c) Todd Ramsden, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Lomatium is a genus of about 75 species of perennial herbs native to western North America; its common names include biscuitroot, Indian parsley, and desert parsley. It is in the Apiaceae family and therefore related to many familiar edible species such as carrots and celery; some Lomatium species were extensively used by Native Americans in the inland Northwest as a staple food.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Apiales (Carrots, ivies, and allies)
        Family: Apiaceae (Carrot family)
        Subfamily: Apioideae
        Tribe: Selineae
        Genus: Lomatium (Biscuitroots)
        Species: Lomatium utriculatum (Foothill desert-parsley)
        Species: Lomatium dasycarpum (Woollyfruit desertparsley)
        Species: Lomatium macrocarpum (Bigseed biscuitroot)
        Species: Lomatium californicum (California lomatium)
        Species: Lomatium dissectum (Fernleaf biscuitroot)

Subtaxa

Species: Lomatium utriculatum (Foothill desert-parsley)

Species: Lomatium dasycarpum (Woollyfruit desertparsley)

Species: Lomatium macrocarpum (Bigseed biscuitroot)

Species: Lomatium californicum (California lomatium)

Species: Lomatium dissectum (Fernleaf biscuitroot)

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