Lomatium ciliolatum

Yolla bolly biscuitroot

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Yolla bolly biscuitroot is a California native perennial found in northern Coast Ranges in serpentine ridges at elevations of 1,200 to 2,100 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces yellow flowers in compact umbels with 3 to 5 unequal rays. Growing low and stout, with a dense puberulent covering, the plant reaches 9 to 15 centimeters tall and develops a slender taproot. Its leaves are intricately dissected, with ternate-pinnate blades 3 to 13 centimeters long, featuring lanceolate to ovate segments 1 to 2 centimeters long with ciliate margins. The fruit is approximately 7 to 8 millimeters long, elliptical, with narrow wings less than 0.5 millimeters wide.

Habitat: Serpentine ridges

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 1200-2100 m

Bioregions: NCoRH, NCoRI.

California counties: Alameda, Glenn, Lake, Colusa, Mendocino, Tehama, Trinity, San Luis Obispo, Humboldt

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.