Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) J.M. Coult. & Rose
large-fruited desert-parsley (bigseed biscuitroot)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
large-fruited desert-parsley (bigseed biscuitroot)
Apiaceae
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Stout perennial herb from an elongated, thickened taproot or necklace-like or tuberous base, capped by a simple, often subterranean root-crown; stem branched near the base, 12-50 cm tall, spreading or ascending.
Leaves:
All basal, clustered near the ground, finely dissected, greyish, hairy to woolly-hairy; ultimate segments not resembling leaflets, small, narrow, pinnately dissected.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of compound umbels; flowers white or purplish-white, rarely yellow; spokes of the umbel elongating unequally, 2-6 cm long; involucel bractlets narrow, mostly linear or irregularly fused, well-developed and conspicuous.
Fruits:
Oblong to elliptic, 7-28 mm long, glabrous; wings of the fruit narrow to fairly broad.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
USDA Species Characteristics
Flower Colour:
White
Blooming Period:
Early Spring
Fruit/Seed characteristics:
Colour: Brown
Present over the Spring
Source: The USDA
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Lomatium macrocarpum
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) |
814 | 10 | 2217 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
24 | 0 | 105 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
193 | 0 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
866 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BG | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BG(395), CWH(1), ESSF(34), ICH(2), IDF(226), MS(27), PP(143) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry rocky or gravelly slopes and grasslands in the lowland, steppe and montane zones; common in SC BC, rare in SW and SE BC; E to MB and S to SD, CO, UT and CA.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Cogswellia macrocarpa (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) M.E. Jones
Ferula macrocarpa Hook. & Arn.
Lomatium macrocarpum var. artemisiarum Piper
Lomatium macrocarpum var. ellipticum (Torr. & A. Gray) Jeps.
Peucedanum macrocarpum Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray