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Lemmon's yampah

Perideridia lemmonii

Also called Tuni

Lemmon's yampah is a native western North American wildflower in the carrot family, grown from a small tuber in meadows and forest edges. It is a wild species rather than a common garden plant, so it suits native or naturalistic plantings.

Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Bulb, Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water during the active growing season and let the soil dry out somewhat after flowering, as the plant goes dormant in summer in its native range.
Soil
Well-drained, moderately fertile soil, such as a loam or gritty mix.
Temperature
Hardy in cool temperate climates; tolerates frost, but protect from prolonged waterlogging in winter.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Oregon to NC. & C. California
Climate
temperate

About

Perideridia lemmonii is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Lemmon's yampah and tuni. It is native to the western United States, where it is known from southeastern Oregon, western Nevada, and the mountains of eastern California. It grows in meadows, forests, and other habitat. It is a perennial herb approaching one meter in maximum height, its slender, erect stem growing from usually a single small tuber about 1.5 centimeters long. Leaves near the base of the plant have blades up to 30 centimeters long divided into one or two pairs of leaflets, each of which may be subdivided. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of many spherical clusters of small white flowers. These yield ribbed, round or oblong-shaped fruits, each under half a centimeter long.

Other Perideridia plants

Eastern yampah · Mother Lode yampah · Bolander's yampah · California yampah · Western yampah · Gardner's yampah · Howell's yampah · Kellogg's yampah · Oregon yampah · Parish's yampah · Yampah

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Perideridia lemmonii 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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