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Perideridia oregana is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Oregon yampah. It is native to Oregon and California in the western United States, where it grows in woodland and other habitat. This plant is quite variable in appearance. In general, it is a perennial herb 10 to 90 centimeters tall, its green to waxy-grayish erect stem growing from a cluster of small tubers. Leaves near the base of the plant have blades 3 to 30 centimeters long divided into a variable number of leaflets, which may be subdivided into smaller segments. The flower cluster is a compound umbel of many spherical clusters of small white flowers. These yield ribbed, oblong-shaped fruits 3 to 6 millimeters long.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Size

4 - 36 in Tall

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Color

White

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Site type

Open places

Plant communities

Lodgepole Forest, Red Fir Forest, Yellow Pine Forest

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 2 likely

Confirmed Likely

Epermenia cicutaella

Anise Swallowtail

Papilio zelicaon