Lomatium columbianum
| Lomatium columbianum | |
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| In Mayer State Park, Oregon | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Lomatium |
| Species: | L. columbianum
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| Binomial name | |
| Lomatium columbianum Math. & Const.
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Lomatium columbianum is a
Description
Lomatium columbianum is a bushy plant, up to 2 meters tall, with extensively divided stems and leaves with a glaucous, often blue-green, color. The flowers are purple and are held in clusters on thick fleshy stems that arise from the base of the plant.
Range and Habitat
Lomatium columbianum is found in the lower Columbia River basin in Washington and Oregon. It grows in dry rocky soils in full sun.[2] It is found in basalt outcrops and shrub-steppe.[3] It can be found in elevations between 100' and 3700'.[4]
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Foliage
References
- ^ "Burke Herbarium Image Collection". biology.burke.washington.edu. Retrieved 2022-06-08.
- ^ a b Hitchcock, C.L. and Cronquist, A. 2018. Flora of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd Edition, p. 651. University of Washington Press, Seattle.
- ^ a b "Western Native Plants". cwelwnp.usu.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-21.
- ^ a b "Columbia Desert Parsley, Columbia Gorge Desert-parsley, Columbia Lomatium, Purple Leptotaenia, Purple Lomatium: Lomatium columbianum (Synonym: Leptotaenia purpurea)". science.halleyhosting.com. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
External links
Media related to Lomatium columbianum at Wikimedia Commons- "Lomatium columbianum". USDAPlants Profile. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
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