Tauschia parishii

Parish's tauschia

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Parish's tauschia is a California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada, Tehachapi, Transverse, San Jacinto, and southeastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in rocky or sandy pine woodland at elevations of 1,200 to 2,600 meters. Flowering from May to July, this plant produces white flowers in compound umbels with 12 to 18 spreading rays. Growing 10 to 40 centimeters tall with a glaucous, glabrous appearance, it forms delicate clusters with no distinct stem. Its leaves are complex, featuring a 2-pinnate blade 8 to 15 centimeters long with 15 to 40 millimeter leaflets that are oblong to ovate and sharply serrate. The fruit is 5 to 8 millimeters long with narrow, prominent ribs and 4 to 5 oil tubes between each rib interval.

Habitat: Rocky or sandy soil, pine woodland

Bloom period: May-Jul

Elevation: 1200-2600 m

Bioregions: s SNH, Teh, TR, SnJt, SNE.

California counties: San Bernardino, Tulare, Los Angeles, Inyo, Orange, Ventura, Riverside, Kern, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Mono, Del Norte, Fresno

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