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Stebbins' desertparsley

Lomatium stebbinsii

Also called Stebbins' Lomatium

Stebbins' desertparsley
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0

Stebbins' desertparsley is a rare, critically endangered perennial herb in the carrot family, native to the central-western Sierra Nevada of California. It grows low from a tuber and is not usually cultivated, so care is mostly about leaving wild plants undisturbed.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Adapted to dry summers; water sparingly and only if grown in cultivation.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or rocky soil.
How easy
Hard
Native range
C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Lomatium stebbinsii, known by the common name Stebbins' desertparsley, is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family.

Where it grows

The plant is endemic to the central−western Sierra Nevada in California. It is known only from the slopes near the border of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties, within the Stanislaus National Forest.

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 stebbinsii 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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