Lomatium kogholiini

Wailaki lomatium

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Wailaki lomatium is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in serpentine landscapes and open Jeffrey pine communities at elevations of 400 to 1,250 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces small yellow flowers in umbrella-like clusters with 4 to 7 rays. Growing 5 to 38 centimeters tall with a slender taproot and mostly leafless stems, it has a delicate, glabrous appearance. Its broadly ovate to triangular leaves feature small, entire leaflets rarely exceeding 4 millimeters long, with petioles one to one and a half times the length of the leaf blade. The fruit is broadly oblong, 7.8 to 10 millimeters long, with narrow wings measuring 0.5 to 1.3 millimeters wide.

Habitat: Serpentine, open Jeffrey pine communities

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 400-1250 m

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