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Perideridia kelloggii is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Kellogg's yampah. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the north and central coasts, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Sierra Nevada foothills. It grows in grassland habitat, sometimes on serpentine soils. It is a perennial herb which may reach 1.5 meters in maximum height, its slender, erect stem growing from a cluster of long, narrow, fibrous roots each up to 15 centimeters long. Leaves near the base of the plant have blades up to 45 centimeters wide which are divided into many leaflets subdivided into narrow, elongated lobes. The flower cluster is a compound umbel of many spherical clusters of small white flowers. These yield ribbed, oblong-shaped fruits each about half a centimeter long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

5 ft Tall

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Color

White, Cream

Flowering season

Summer

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil description

Adaptable.

Sunset Zones

7*, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*

Site type

Open grassy places, outcrops

Plant communities

Chaparral, Coastal Prairie, Foothill Woodland, Mixed Evergreen Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

1 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely

Anise Swallowtail

Papilio zelicaon

Epermenia cicutaella