Tauschia howellii

Howell's tauschia

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Howell's tauschia is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in the Salmon Mountains and northern Sierra Nevada in granitic gravel and ridge tops at elevations of 2,000 to 2,500 meters. Flowering from June to July, this delicate plant produces yellow flowers in small, intricate umbels with distinctively divided bractlets. Growing with extremely short stems less than 5 to 8 centimeters tall, it forms compact clusters close to the ground. Its finely divided leaves feature 1-pinnate or 1-ternate blades with 5 to 15 millimeter leaflets that are oblong to ovate with irregular sharp teeth. The small fruit measures 2 to 4 millimeters long with thread-like ribs and several oil tubes between each rib.

Habitat: Granitic gravel, ridge tops,

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: 2000-2500 m

Bioregions: KR (Salmon Mtns), n SNH

California counties: Siskiyou, Sierra

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