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Lomatium foeniculaceum
Also called Desert Biscuit Root, Desert Parsley, Fennel Leaved Desert Parsley, Hairy Desert Parsley, Carrot Leaf Desert Parsley, Carrotleaf Desert Parsley
Desert biscuitroot is a drought-hardy native perennial in the carrot family, a species complex with many regional forms. It forms low rosettes from a deep taproot and is best grown in lean, dry, sunny conditions.
Lomatium foeniculaceum is a species complex of flowering plants found in North America. L. foeneculicum is a member of the taxonomic family Apiaceae, making it a close relative of plants such as celery, carrot, parsley, and fennel, as well as the herbs dill, coriander, caraway, and cumin. Common names include Desert Biscuitroot as well as Carrotleaf Desert Parsley. Biscuitroot can also be used as a common name for the genus Lomatium as a whole.
L. foeniculaceum's range extends across a large portion of North America. Specimens have been reported in Canada from the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. In the continental United States, specimens have been recorded along the western border of Iowa and Missouri and in all states extending contiguously to the Pacific Ocean.
Wyeth biscuitroot · Plumas lomatium · Wasatch desertparsley · Bradshaw's desertparsley · Brandegee's desertparsley · California lomatium · Canby's biscuitroot · Alkali desertparsley · Yolla Bolly biscuitroot · Purple leptotaenia · Mariposa desertparsley · Agate desertparsley
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lomatium foeniculaceum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
