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Shiny Desert-parsley (Lomatium lucidum)

  • Global Rank: G2 - Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Apiaceae
  • State: CA
  • Nature Serve ID: 130216
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection:
Description:

Where is Shiny Desert-parsley (Lomatium lucidum) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Shiny Desert-parsley can be found in California

Which CPC Partners conserve Shiny Desert-parsley (Lomatium lucidum)?

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

  • 09/01/2020
  • Orthodox Seed Banking

Based on an September 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden holds 2 accessions of Lomatium lucidum in orthodox seed collection. There are as many as 2827 seeds of this species in their collection - although some may have been used for curation testing or sent to back up.

  • 08/05/2020
  • Seed Collection

Based on an August 2020 extract of the California Plant Rescue Database, California Botanic Garden has collected 2 seed accessions of Lomatium lucidum from 1 plant occurrences listed in the California Natural Diversity Database. These collections together emcompass an unknown number of maternal plants

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Nomenclature
Taxon Lomatium lucidum
Authority (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Jepson
Family Apiaceae
CPC Number 9939
ITIS 29718
USDA LOLU
Duration Perennial
Common Names shiny biscuitroot
Associated Scientific Names Lomatium lucidum
Distribution
State Rank
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California SNR
Ecological Relationships

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