Lomatium piperi
Encyclopedia
Lomatium piperi is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family
known by the common name Indian biscuitroot (and called mámɨn in the local Sahaptin language
). It is native to the Northwestern United States
and northern California
, where it grows in sagebrush
and plateau habitat, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains.
no more than a centimeter wide. There is generally no stem, the leaves and inflorescence
emerging at ground level. The leaf blades are divided into segments which are subdivided into narrow, flat lobes. The inflorescence
is an umbel
of white flowers with dark anthers
.
Apiaceae
The Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
known by the common name Indian biscuitroot (and called mámɨn in the local Sahaptin language
Sahaptin language
Sahaptin , Sħáptənəxw, is a Plateau Penutian language of the Sahaptian branch spoken in a section of the northwestern plateau along the Columbia River and its tributaries in southern Washington, northern Oregon, and southwestern Idaho....
). It is native to the Northwestern United States
Northwestern United States
The Northwestern United States comprise the northwestern states up to the western Great Plains regions of the United States, and consistently include the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, to which part of southeast Alaska is also sometimes included...
and northern California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where it grows in sagebrush
Sagebrush
Sagebrush is a common name of a number of shrubby plant species in the genus Artemisia native to western North America;Or, the sagebrush steppe ecoregion, having one or more kinds of sagebrush, bunchgrasses and others;...
and plateau habitat, and the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains.
Description
Lomatium piperi is a perennial herb growing up to about 25 centimeters long from a spherical tuberTuber
Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to survive the winter or dry months and provide energy and nutrients for regrowth during the next growing season and they are a means of asexual reproduction...
no more than a centimeter wide. There is generally no stem, the leaves and inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
emerging at ground level. The leaf blades are divided into segments which are subdivided into narrow, flat lobes. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
is an umbel
Umbel
An umbel is an inflorescence which consists of a number of short flower stalks which are equal in length and spread from a common point, somewhat like umbrella ribs....
of white flowers with dark anthers
Stamen
The stamen is the pollen producing reproductive organ of a flower...
.