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Lomatium utriculatum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name common lomatium. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a hairless to lightly hairy perennial herb growing up to half a meter tall from a slender taproot. The leaves are basal and also grow from the middle and upper sections of the stem. Each is generally divided and subdivided into many small linear lobes. Leaves higher on the stem have prominent sheaths. The flower cluster is a webbed umbel of yellow flowers with rays up to 12 centimeters long. This plant was used as a food and medicinal remedy by many Native American groups.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

2 ft Tall

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Color

Yellow

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Site type

Open grassy slopes, meadows,

Plant communities

Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

2 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Agonopterix oregonensis

Anise Swallowtail

Papilio zelicaon

Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes