Glaucous umbrellawort facts for kids

Tauschia glauca is a type of flowering plant. It belongs to the carrot family. People often call it the glaucous umbrellawort or glaucous tauschia. This plant is native to the forests of Oregon and northern California. You can often find it growing in special soils called serpentine soils.

About the Glaucous Umbrellawort

The glaucous umbrellawort is a perennial herb. This means it lives for more than two years. It grows from 20 to 40 centimeters tall. That's about 8 to 16 inches high.

What It Looks Like

The leaves of Tauschia glauca are quite interesting. Each leaf has a blade that is divided into three parts. These parts are called leaflets. Each leaflet has three lobes, making them look a bit like a clover. The leaves grow on long, thin stalks called petioles.

Flowers and Fruit

The plant produces a group of yellow flowers. This flower cluster is called an inflorescence. It looks like a compound umbel. An umbel is a flower cluster where stalks of equal length spread out from a common center, like the ribs of an umbrella.

The umbel can have up to 12 rays. These rays are unequal in length. They can measure up to 6 centimeters long. After the flowers bloom, the plant produces small fruits. These fruits are rounded and have ridges. They are very tiny, only about 2 or 3 millimeters long.