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Northern Biscuitroot
Lomatium farinosum
Lomatium farinosum, with the common name northern biscuitroot, is a perennial flowering herb of the family Apiaceae.
It is endemic to the Northwestern United States.
From the article Lomatium farinosum on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Lomatium farinosum is a small flowering perennial that flowers in early spring. It grows from a single taproot with a proportionally large nearly spherical tuber several inches deep. The glabrous leaves are dissected into a few narrow linear leaflets that are folded longitudinally. The flowers are yellow or white and the stem is glabrous.
Range & habitat
Lomatium farinosum grows mostly in shallow rocky soils and ranges from central Washington and north-central Oregon to west central Idaho, with possible observations in central southern British Columbia and western Montana.
Wikipedia: “Range and Habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 164729.