Kellogg's yampah

Perideridia kelloggii is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common name Kellogg's yampah. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the north and central coasts, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Sierra Nevada foothills. It grows in grassland habitat, sometimes on serpentine soils. It is a perennial herb which may reach 5 feet (1.5 meters) in maximum height, its slender, erect stem growing from a cluster of long, narrow, fibrous roots each up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) long. Leaves near the base of the plant have blades up to 18 inches (45 centimeters) wide which are divided into many leaflets subdivided into narrow, elongated lobes.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Kellogg's yampah 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

• Perideridia gairdneri

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Apiaceae

Genus

Perideridia

Species

Perideridia kelloggii

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