Lomatium austiniae (Austin's desertparsley or Sonne's desert parsley) is a perennial plant in the carrot family (Apiaceae) occurring in a limited area of Nevada. It is named after Rebecca Merritt Smith Leonard Austin, who collected the type specimen. It was formerly classified as Lomatium plummerae var. sonnei. The epithet "austinae" is an orthographic variant subject to automatic correction without publication under ICBN Art. 60.11 to austiniae.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Austin's desert parsley being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Lomatium donnellii
- Lomatium quintuplex
- Lomatium semivaginatum
- Lomatium watsonii
- Cymopterus longipes
- Lomatium foeniculaceum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Lomatium
- Species
- Lomatium austiniae
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