Lomatium donnellii

Lomatium donnellii (Donnell's biscuitroot or glaucous desert parsley)^[2][3] is a perennial herb of the family Apiaceae, in the Western United States.

Lomatium donnellii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Lomatium
Species:	L. donnellii
Binomial name
Lomatium donnellii (J.M.Coult. & Rose) J.M.Coult. & Rose[1]
Synonyms[1]
Cogswellia donnellii (J.M.Coult. & Rose) M.E.Jones Cogswellia plummerae M.E.Jones Lomatium plummerae J.M.Coult. & Rose Lomatium plummerae var. helleri Mathias Peucedanum donnellii J.M.Coult. & Rose Peucedanum plummerae J.M.Coult. & Rose

Taxonomy

Lomatium donnellii was first described in 1888 by John Merle Coulter and Joseph Nelson Rose as Peucedanum donnellii. In 1900, they transferred it to Lomatium.^[4] In 1889, they described Peucedanum plummerae, which they also transferred to Lomatium in 1900.^[5] As of August 2021^[update], Plants of the World Online considers Lomatium plummerae and its variety helleri to be synonyms of Lomatium donnellii.^[1] In addition, the Jepson eFlora considers L. plummerae var. austiniae and var. sonnei to be synonyms of Lomatium donnellii,^[6] whereas Plants of the World Online considers them synonyms of Lomatium austiniae.^[7]