[The Parsley Family in the Columbia River Gorge]
The Desert Parsleys of the Columbia River Gorge

The Genus Lomatium

Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum

Smooth Desert Parsley: Lomatium laevigatum

Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum (formerly Lomatium leptocarpum) -

Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi -

Columbia Desert Parsley, Columbia Gorge Desert-parsley, Columbia Lomatium, Purple Lomatium: Lomatium columbianum (Synonym: Leptotaenia purpurea) -

Fernleaf Biscuitroot, Fernleaf Desert Parsley, Fern-leaf Desert Parsley, Fernleaf Lomatium: Lomatium dissectum var. dissectum - Both purple and yellow forms. Leaf segments broader.

Fern-leaf Desert Parsely: Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Synonyms: Leptotaenia dissecta, Leptotaenia foliosa var. dissecta) - Leaf segments much narrower.

Gorman's Desert Parsley: Lomatium gormanii -

Gray's Biscuitroot, Gray's Lomatium, Milfoil Lomatium, Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi (Synonym: Lomatium grayi var. grayi) -

Smooth Desert Parsley, Slickrock Biscuitroot, Slickrock Desert Parsley, Smooth Lomatium: Lomatium laevigatum -

Biscuit Root, Bigseed Biscuitroot, Bigseed Lomatium, Gray-leaf Desert Parsley, Large-fruit Desert Parsley, Large-fruited Lomatium: Lomatium macrocarpum (Synonyms: Cogswellia macrocarpa, Ferula macrocarpa, Lomatium flavum, Lomatium macrocarpum var. artemisiarum, Lomatium macrocarpum var. ellipticum, Peucedanum macrocarpum) - Both white and yellow forms.

Cascade Desert Parsley, Coast Range Lomatium, Few-fruited Desert Parsley, Martindale's Desert Parsley: Lomatium martindalei (Synonyms: Cogsellia martindalei, Lomatium angustatum, Lomatium martindalei var. angustatum, Lomatium martindalei var. flavum, Lomatium martindalei var. martindalei, Peucedanum martindalei var. angustatum) -

Bare-stem Desert Parsley, Barestem Biscuitroot, Indian-consumption-plant, Pestle Parsnip: Lomatium nudicaule (Synonyms: Cogswellia nudicaulis, Lomatium platyphyllum) -

Piper's Desert Parsley, Salt-and-pepper: Lomatium piperi -

Suksdorf's Desert Parsley: Lomatium suksdorfii -

Desert Parsley: Lomatium tamanitchii

Broadnineleaf Biscuitroot, Broad Nineleaf Lomatium, Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. anomalum (Synonyms: Lomatium anomalum, Lomatium triternatum ssp. triternatum var. anomalum) -

Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum -

Watson's Desert Parsley: Lomatium watsonii -

The photo above shows the white-flowered form of biscuitroot (Lomatium macrocarpum) as seen near 1600' along the Dalles Mt. Rd in the Columbia River Gorge..............March 6. 2006.
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