Lomatium stebbinsii
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L. stebbinsii
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Lomatium stebbinsii, known by the common name Stebbins' desertparsley, is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family. [1]
Distribution
The plant is endemic to the central−western Sierra Nevada in California. It is known only from the slopes near the border of Calaveras and Tuolumne Counties, within the Stanislaus National Forest. [2]
It is a plant of chaparral and lower montane coniferous forest habitats. [2]
Description
Lomatium stebbinsii is a perennial herb growing no more than about 15 centimetres (5.9 in) tall from a rounded tuber. There is generally no stem, the leaves and inflorescence emerging at ground level. The sparse leaves are shiny green and hairless. Each has leaf blades divided into linear leaflets.
The inflorescence is a small umbel of yellow flowers.
- Conservation
The California Native Plant Society lists the plant as a critically endangered species. [3]
References
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- Calflora Database: Lomatium stebbinsii (Stebbins' desertparsley, Stebbins's lomatium)
- Jepson Manual eFlora (TJM2) treatment of Lomatium stebbinsii
- USDA Plants Profile for Lomatium stebbinsii (Stebbins' desertparsley)
- UC Photos gallery — Lomatium stebbinsii
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- Lomatium
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (U.S.)
- Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands
- Natural history of Calaveras County, California
- Natural history of Tuolumne County, California
- Stanislaus National Forest
- Plants described in 1979
- Critically endangered flora of California
- Apiaceae stubs
