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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.
Perennial herb
3 ft Tall
Yellow
Chaparral
Butterflies and moths supported
1 confirmed and 3 likely
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