Lomatium triternatum
Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum on Burch Mountain, Chelan County Washington

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Lomatium
Species:
L. triternatum
Binomial name
Lomatium triternatum

Lomatium triternatum is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name nineleaf biscuitroot. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California to Colorado, where it grows in many types of habitat. It is a hairy perennial herb growing up to a meter tall from a taproot. The leaves emerge from the lower part of the stem. Each is generally divided into three leaflets[1] which are each subdivided into three linear leaflike segments. The inflorescence is an umbel of yellow flowers,[1] each cluster on a ray up to 10 centimeters long, altogether forming a flat formation of umbels.[1]

Flower cluster (Wenas Wildlife Area)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 94. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
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