Lomatium congdonii

Congdon's lomatium

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Congdon's lomatium is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in central Sierra Nevada foothills in Tuolumne and Mariposa counties, specifically in serpentine woodland and rocky areas at elevations of 300 to 1,200 meters. Flowering from March to June, this plant produces pale yellow flowers in delicate umbels with 6 to 18 ascending rays. Growing 18 to 36 centimeters tall with a short stem and distinctive taprooted structure, it features a glaucous and glabrous appearance. Its complex leaves are wide-oblong and ternately or pinnately dissected, with linear leaf segments 3 to 10 millimeters long ending in sharp-pointed tips. The fruit is ovate to obovate, 7 to 10 millimeters long with wings approximately half the body width.

Habitat: Serpentine, woodland

Bloom period: Mar-Jun

Elevation: 300-1200 m

Bioregions: c SNF (Tuolumne, Mariposa cos.).

California counties: Tuolumne, Mariposa, Mendocino, Calaveras, Siskiyou

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