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Apiaceae

Rough desertparsley

Lomatium scabrum (J.M.Coult. & Rose) Mathias

Family
Apiaceae
Genus
Lomatium

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Rough desertparsley: Rough desert-parsley, Lassen parsley (Lomatium scabrum), Carrot family (Apiaceae). North-west from the Sevier Lake, Utah. High winds made it impossible to get a
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Rough desertparsley

Synonyms

  • Aletes scabra (J.M.Coult. & Rose) W.A.Weber
  • Cogswellia scabra (J.M.Coult. & Rose) M.E.Jones
  • Cynomarathrum scabrum J.M.Coult. & Rose

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.