Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Lomatium lucidum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name shiny biscuitroot. It is native to coastal mountains and canyons of southern California and Baja California, where it is a member of the chaparral plant community, including recently burned areas. It is a somewhat fleshy perennial herb sometimes exceeding a meter tall. The leaves are up to about 24 centimeters long and are divided into many toothed, three-lobed leaflets each a few centimeters long. The flower cluster is a webbed umbel of yellow flowers borne on a peduncle up to half a meter tall.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

3 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow

Plant communities

Chaparral

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Agonopterix oregonensis

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Anise Swallowtail

Papilio zelicaon