Perideridia bacigalupii

Bacigalupi's yampah

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.2

Bacigalupi's yampah is a California native perennial ranked 4.2 by CNPS, found in northern and central Sierra Nevada Foothills in chaparral and pine woodland at elevations of 450 to 1,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces white flowers in delicate umbels with 4 to 7 rays spreading in a loose, spherical arrangement. Growing 50 to 170 centimeters tall with tuberous roots clustered in groups of 2 to 6, it develops a robust, branching form. Its basal leaves are large and broadly ovate, typically two-pinnate with lance-linear leaflets 2 to 15 centimeters long, creating a feathery, intricate foliage pattern. The fruit is a small, oblong structure approximately 4 to 6 millimeters long with thread-like ribs.

Habitat: Chaparral, pine woodland

Bloom period: Jun-Aug

Elevation: 450-1000 m

Bioregions: n&ampc SNF.

California counties: Mariposa, Amador, Butte, Madera, Nevada, Tuolumne, Yuba, Fresno, El Dorado, Calaveras

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