Carried by 4 nurseries
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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.
Perennial herb
2 ft Tall
Yellow
Full Sun, Partial Shade
Open grassy slopes, meadows,
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub, Foothill Woodland, Sagebrush Scrub, Valley Grassland, Yellow Pine Forest
Butterflies and moths supported
2 confirmed and 2 likely
Anise Swallowtail
Papilio zelicaon
Indra Swallowtail
Papilio indra
Black Swallowtail
Papilio polyxenes