Lomatium parryi

Parry's lomatium

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Parry's lomatium is a California native perennial found in the desert mountains in rocky slopes, generally in pinyon woodland at elevations of 1,500 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces bright yellow flowers in delicate umbel clusters with 8 to 15 rays. Growing 20 to 40 centimeters tall with a robust taproot and glaucous appearance, it emerges from a fibrous base with minimal visible stem. Its finely divided leaves feature narrow, sharp-pointed linear leaflets, with petioles 6 to 10.5 centimeters long and blade segments 2 to 3 times pinnately arranged. The fruit is an oblong to diamond-shaped structure 9 to 15 millimeters long with wings wider than its body.

Habitat: Rocky slopes, generally in pinyon woodland

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: 1500-2500 m

Bioregions: DMtns

California counties: Inyo, San Bernardino, Mono

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