Lomatium

Lomatium is a genus in the family Apiaceae. It consists of about 100 species native to western Northern America and northern Mexico. Its common names include biscuitroot, Indian parsley, and desert parsley. It is in the family Apiaceae and therefore related to many familiar edible species such as carrots and celery; some Lomatium species are extensively used by Native Americans in the inland Northwest as a staple food.

Lomatium
Lomatium utriculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Subfamily: Apioideae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Lomatium
Raf.
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Cogswellia Spreng.
  • Cusickia M.E.Jones
  • Cynomarathrum Nutt. ex Coult. & Rose
  • Leptotaenia Nutt.
  • Orogenia S.Watson
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