Lomatium californicum

California lomatium

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Plant Types

Size

  • Average Height: 3 - 4 ft
  • Average Width: 3 - 4 ft

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Site Conditions

Tolerances

Special Uses

Native to lightly shaded banks or brushy slopes, this interesting native forms clumps of beautiful, ferny, blue-green leaves. The foliage has a pungent celery flavor and grows 1 ft. or so tall. The yellow-green flowers form broad umbels that reach up to 4 ft. high. Good for brightly lit woodlands that go summer dry. Plant with Heucheras, California fescue and Iris. A larval food source for the Anise Swallowtail butterfly.

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