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Roots range from woody taproots to more fleshy underground tuberous-thickened roots.The plants are green and grow the most during the spring when water is available, and many species then set seed and dry out completely above ground before the hottest part of the year, while storing the energy they gained from photosynthesizing while water was available to them in their deep roots.
Species: L. cous. Binomial name. Lomatium cous. (S.Watson) J.M.Coult. & Rose. Lomatium cous ( cous biscuitroot) [1] is a perennial herb of the family Apiaceae. The root is prized as a food by the tribes of the southern plateau of the Pacific Northwest. Meriwether Lewis collected a specimen in 1806 while on his expedition.
It is a perennial herb reaching up to 1.2 metres (3 ft 11 in) tall, [1] growing from a thick taproot. The leaves are mostly attached near the base of the plant, [1] spreading with petioles up to 30 centimetres (12 in) long and large blades divided into many small, [1] narrow segments. The inflorescence is an umbel of many small yellow, purple ...
Ligusticum. Species: L. porteri. Binomial name. Ligusticum porteri. Coult. & Rose. Ligusticum porteri, also known as oshá (pronounced o-SHAW), wild parsnip, Porter’s Lovage or wild celery, is a perennial herb found in parts of the Rocky Mountains and northern New Mexico, especially in the southwestern United States.
Lomatium macrocarpum is a perennial flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names bigseed lomatium, biscuit root or bigseed biscuitroot. It is native to much of western North America , where it can be found in various types of habitat, including the grasslands of the Great Plains , and particularly in rocky areas. [ 1 ]
Osmorhiza longistylis, commonly called long-styled sweet-cicely[2] or longstyle sweetroot, [3] is an herbaceous plant in the family Apiaceae. It is native to North America, where it is found from the Rocky Mountains east to the Atlantic Coast, in Canada and the United States. [4] Its natural habitat is in forests with fertile soil, often in ...
Dentaria bifolia Stokes. Dentaria incisa Small. Cardamine diphylla (broadleaf toothwort, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, pepper root, twin-leaved toothwort, twoleaf toothwort, toothwort) is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a spring flowering woodland plant that is native to eastern North America.
Polemonium reptans. Polemonium reptans is a perennial herbaceous plant native to eastern North America. Common names include spreading Jacob's ladder, creeping Jacob's ladder, false Jacob's ladder, abscess root, American Greek valerian, blue bells, stairway to heaven, and sweatroot.