Tauschia parishii

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Tauschia parishii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Tauschia
Species:
T. parishii
Binomial name
Tauschia parishii

Tauschia parishii is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Parish's umbrellawort. [1] It is endemic to California. [2]

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Distribution

The plant occurs in several mountain ranges, including the Sierra Nevada, White and Inyo Mountains, the Tehachapi Mountains, the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, the western Transverse Ranges, and the San Jacinto Mountains and other northern Peninsular Ranges. [3]

Its habitats include: chaparral, Yellow pine forest, Red fir forest, and Pinyon-juniper woodland. [3]

Description

Tauschia parishii is a low-lying perennial herb growing 10 to 40 centimeters tall. The leaves have blades which are divided into elongated leaflets, which are subdivided into toothed or lobed segments.

The inflorescence is a compound umbel of yellow flowers with 12 to 18 rays each a few centimeters long.

The fruit is oblong with prominent ribs and measures between one half and one centimeter long.

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<i>Allium parishii</i> Species of flowering plant

Allium parishii is an uncommon species of wild onion known by the common name Parish's onion. It is native to the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Deserts of California and Arizona. It grows on open dry, rocky slopes at elevations of 900–1,400 m (3,000–4,600 ft).

Atriplex parishii is an uncommon species of saltbush known by the common names Parish's saltbush and Parish's brittlescale. It is native to central and southern California where it can occasionally be found along the immediate coastline, and the Channel Islands. Its distribution extended historically into the western edges of the Mojave Desert and Baja California and it may still exist there.

<i>Calochortus dunnii</i> Species of plant

Calochortus dunnii is a rare species of flowering plant in the lily family known by the common name Dunn's mariposa lily.

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<i>Tauschia hartwegii</i> Species of plant

Tauschia hartwegii is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Hartweg's umbrellawort. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the Sierra Nevada foothills and some of the Central Coast Ranges. Its habitat includes coniferous woodlands and chaparral. It is a perennial herb growing 30 centimeters to one meter tall. It is coated in short, rough hairs. The leaves have blades which are divided into oval leaflets with serrated edges and borne on long petioles. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of yellow flowers with up to 30 unequal rays measuring 2 to 12 centimeters long each. The fruit is somewhat rounded in shape, ribbed, and under a centimeter long.

<i>Tauschia howellii</i> Species of plant

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<i>Acanthoscyphus</i> Genus of flowering plants

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References

  1. USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tauschia parishii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. Jepson eFlora: Tauschia parishii
  3. 1 2 Calflora: Tauschia parishii