Lomatium insulare

San nicolas island lomatium

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

San nicolas island lomatium is a rare California native perennial ranked 1B.2 by CNPS, found on San Nicolas Island in southern Channel Islands in sandy soil among rocks at elevations below 800 meters. Flowering from February to April, this plant produces bright yellow flowers in compound umbels with 12 to 20 rays spreading up to 12 centimeters long. Growing with a short stem and stout, fleshy-thickened taproot, it reaches 10 to 35 centimeters tall with a glaucous and glabrous appearance. Its leaves are broadly triangular-ovate, ternate-pinnate with 2 to 6 centimeters wide leaflets that are pinnately lobed and sharply serrate. The fruit is 15 to 18 millimeters long, widely elliptic with wings equal to its body width.

Habitat: Sandy soil among rocks

Bloom period: Feb-Apr

Elevation: < 800 m

Bioregions: s ChI (San Nicolas Island)

California counties: Ventura, San Diego, Los Angeles

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