Lomatium ravenii var. ravenii

Raven's lomatium

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Raven's lomatium is a rare California native perennial ranked 1B.3 by CNPS, found in the eastern Modoc Plateau in the vicinity of Ravendale and Painters Flat in eastern Lassen County, growing on flats with alkaline soils in sagebrush habitat at elevations of 1,600 to 1,750 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces small white to yellow flowers in delicate umbels. Growing 20 to 40 centimeters tall with slender, moderately fine-hairy stems, it forms a low-spreading habit characteristic of desert parsleys. Its finely divided leaves have narrow ultimate segments 1 to 4 millimeters long, with linear to linear-oblong shapes that help the plant blend into its sagebrush surroundings. The plant's persistent leaf bases and glabrous bractlets contribute to its distinctive adaptation to harsh alkaline landscapes.

Habitat: Flats, generally +- alkaline soils, sagebrush

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: 1600-1750 m

Bioregions: e MP exc Wrn (Ravendale vicinity and Painters Flat, eastern Lassen Co.).

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