Lomatium salmoniflorum (salmonflower biscuitroot) is a perennial herb native to the northwest United States. In February and March one to nineteen umbels bloom, each with up to 300 flowers. Each flower is either strictly staminate or hermaphroditic. It has glabrous leaves that are deeply dissected into narrow blades.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Salmonflower Biscuitroot 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 serpentinum
- Lomatium hallii
- Lomatium vaginatum
- Lomatium donnellii
- Lomatium hendersonii
- Lomatium martindalei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Lomatium
- Species
- Lomatium salmoniflorum
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