Tauschia arguta

Tauschia arguta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Tauschia
Species: T. arguta
Binomial name
Tauschia arguta
(Torr. & A.Gray) J.F.Macbr.

Tauschia arguta is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name southern umbrellawort.[1] It is native to the mountains of southern California and Baja California, where it grows in local habitat types such as woodlands and chaparral. [2]

Description

Tauschia arguta is a perennial herb growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall. The leaves have blades which are divided into several toothed leaflets and borne on long petioles. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of yellow flowers with up to 25 rays measuring 2 to 12 centimeters long each. The fruit is almost a centimeter long and has deep longitudinal ribs.

References

  1. "Tauschia arguta". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  2. Calflora database: Tauschia arguta . accessed 2.14.2013
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