Lomatium foeniculaceum (Nutt.) J.M. Coult. & Rose
carrot-leaved desert parsley (desert biscuitroot; fennel-leaved desert-parsley)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
carrot-leaved desert parsley (desert biscuitroot; fennel-leaved desert-parsley)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Lomatium foeniculaceum var. foeniculaceum
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a long, woody or somewhat fleshy taproot, sometimes with a branching stem-base; stems solitary or several, short-hairy, 20-90 cm tall.
Leaves:
Mostly basal, short, 1-3 times divided, short-hairy with short stalks or unstalked; ultimate segments of the leaves relatively small, 1-3 mm long.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of compound umbels; flowers yellow; involucel bractlets broadly oblanceolate to egg-shaped, finely hairy; involucels more or less strongly fused.
Fruits:
Oblong to elliptic, 5-10 mm long, short-hairy at least when young, wings thin, not corky-thickened.
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lomatium foeniculaceum
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1270 | 1270 | 1270 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
35 | 35 | 35 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
315 | 315 | 315 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 3 | 3 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
|||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
1 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
|||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
|||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
|||