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Salmonflower biscuitroot

Lomatium salmoniflorum

Salmonflower biscuitroot
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Salmonflower biscuitroot is a perennial herb in the carrot family from the northwest US, with a thick taproot and early-spring yellowish flower clusters. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so it suits native or dryland gardens with good drainage.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or rocky soil.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; protect from prolonged waterlogging.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Washington to Idaho
Climate
temperate

About

Lomatium salmoniflorum (salmonflower biscuitroot) is a perennial herb native to the northwest United States. In February and March one to nineteen umbels bloom, each with up to 300 flowers. Each flower is either strictly staminate or hermaphroditic. It has glabrous leaves that are deeply dissected into narrow blades.

Other Lomatium plants

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 salmoniflorum 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.

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