Apiaceae
Coastal biscuitroot
Lomatium parvifolium
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Lomatium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- لوماتيم بارفيفوليوم
- English
- Coastal biscuitroot
Synonyms
- Cogswellia pallida (J.M.Coult. & Rose) M.E.Jones
- Cogswellia parvifolia (Hook. & Arn.) Koso-Pol.
- Euryptera pallida J.M.Coult. & Rose
- Euryptera parvifolia J.M.Coult. & Rose
- Ferula parvifolia Hook. & Arn.
- Lomatium parvifolium var. pallidum (J.M.Coult. & Rose) Jeps.
- Lomatium parvifolium var. parvifolium
- Peucedanum californicum J.M.Coult. & Rose
- Peucedanum parvifolium Torr. & A.Gray
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.