Shiny biscuitroot facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Shiny biscuitroot |
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Selineae
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L. lucidum
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| Lomatium lucidum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Jeps.
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Lomatium lucidum is a type of flowering plant. It belongs to the carrot family. People often call it the shiny biscuitroot. This plant grows naturally in the coastal mountains and canyons of southern California and Baja California. It is part of the chaparral plant community. You can even find it in areas that have recently had wildfires. It lives in places like the eastern Transverse Ranges and the South Coast region of California.
Description
The shiny biscuitroot is a plant that lives for many years. It's called a perennial herb. It can grow quite tall, sometimes over a meter (about 3 feet) high. Its leaves can be up to 24 centimeters (about 9.5 inches) long. Each leaf is split into many smaller parts called leaflets. These leaflets have jagged edges and are often divided into three lobes. Each leaflet is a few centimeters long.
The plant's flowers grow in a special cluster called an inflorescence. This cluster looks like a webbed umbrella shape, which is called an umbel. The flowers are yellow. This flower cluster sits on a stem called a peduncle. This peduncle can be up to half a meter (about 1.5 feet) tall.
