Lomatium erythrocarpum
| Lomatium erythrocarpum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Lomatium |
| Species: | L. erythrocarpum
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| Binomial name | |
| Lomatium erythrocarpum R.J. Meinke & Constance
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Lomatium erythrocarpum, known by the common name redfruit desertparsley, is a rare species of flowering plant in the
Blue Mountains within Baker County.[1]
This wild plant is a petite perennial herb with leaves that lie against the ground and a flowering stalk that grows just a few centimeters tall. The hairless, gray-green, waxy-textured leaves are finely divided into many tiny segments.
This plant grows only on the Elkhorn Ridge of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon. It occurs at
subalpine woodland.[2] Shrub-steppe is dominated by mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius) and sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata), and the woodlands feature white-bark pine (Pinus albicaulis) and Engelmann's spruce (Picea engelmannii). Other species in the area include Applegate's paintbrush (Castilleja applegatei), blue flax (Linum lewisii), Cusick's biscuitroot (Lomatium cusickii), goosefoot violet (Viola purpurea), mountain phlox (Phlox austromontana), and spike trisetum (Trisetum spicatum). It occurs in open areas with full sun. It does not appear to tolerate soils high in calcium.[1]
One threat to this rare plant is the mountain goat, which is an introduced species in the area. Climate change is also expected to have negative effects on this high-elevation plant.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Lomatium erythrocarpum. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 10-17-2011.
- ^ a b c Lomatium erythrocarpum. Archived 2011-10-26 at the Wayback Machine Center for Plant Conservation. Retrieved 10-17-2011.