Lomatium foeniculaceum is a species complex of flowering plants found in North America. L. foeneculicum is a member of the taxonomic family Apiaceae, making it a close relative of plants such as celery, carrot, parsley, and fennel, as well as the herbs dill, coriander, caraway, and cumin. Common names include Desert Biscuitroot as well as Carrotleaf Desert Parsley. Biscuitroot can also be used as a common name for the genus Lomatium as a whole.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Carrotleaf 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 semivaginatum
- Lomatium macdougalii
- Lomatium austiniae
- Lomatium fimbriatum
- Lomatium donnellii
- Lomatium grayi
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Lomatium
- Species
- Lomatium foeniculaceum
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