Lomatium piperi

Lomatium piperi is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name salt-and-pepper or Indian biscuitroot (and called mámɨn in the local Sahaptin language). It is native to the Northwestern United States and northern California, where it grows in sagebrush and plateau habitat, as well as the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Mountains.

Indian biscuitroot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Apiaceae
Genus:	Lomatium
Species:	L. piperi
Binomial name
Lomatium piperi J.M.Coult. & Rose

Description

Lomatium piperi is a perennial herb growing up to about 25 centimeters long from a spherical tuber no more than a centimeter wide. There is generally no stem, and the leaves and inflorescence emerge at ground level. The leaf blades are divided into segments which are subdivided into narrow, flat lobes. The inflorescence is an umbel of white flowers with dark anthers.

External links

• Calflora Database: Lomatium piperi (Indian biscuitroot, Piper's lomatium)
• Jepson Manual eFlora treatment of Lomatium piperi
• USDA Plants Profile for Lomatium piperi (Indian biscuitroot)
• UC CalPhotos gallery of Lomatium piperi