Mount Hamilton lomatium

Lomatium observatorium, commonly known as Mt. Hamilton desertparsley and Mount Hamilton lomatium, is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family (Apiaceae). The species was first described in 1996 by botanists Lincoln Constance and Barbara Ertter in Madrono. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the mountains of Santa Clara County, including Mount Hamilton near the Lick Observatory, with possible occurrences in adjacent Stanislaus County. Its habitat includes mountain woodlands on volcanic and metamorphosed sedimentary rock substrates at elevations between 1,280 and 1,330 meters.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Mount Hamilton lomatium 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 watsonii
• Lomatium quintuplex
• Lomatium donnellii
• Lomatium austiniae
• Lomatium macrocarpum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Apiales

Family

Apiaceae

Genus

Lomatium

Species

Lomatium observatorium

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