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Apiaceae

Coastal biscuitroot

Lomatium parvifolium (Hook. & Arn.) Jeps.

Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Lomatium

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Coastal biscuitroot: Lomatium parvifolium
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.