Lomatium ochocense: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Lomatium
- Species
- Lomatium ochocense
- Scientific Name
- Lomatium ochocense
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Lomatium ochocense
Lomatium ochocense is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Ochoco lomatium. It is endemic to Oregon, where it is limited to the Ochoco Mountains of Crook County.
This plant was discovered in 1994 and described to science as a new species in 2010. It is a small perennial herb growing up to 8 centimeters tall. It grows from a large black root up to 3 centimeters in diameter. The waxy blue-green leaves are divided into many overlapping segments. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of flowers that extends out horizontally. The flowers are andromonoecious, either bisexual or only staminate with no female parts. It has tiny yellow petals and grows among many other species of Lomatium. It can be distinguished by its blue-green leaves with overlapping leaflets.
This plant is restricted to scabland habitat with exposed bedrock. Other plants in the area include scabland sagebrush (Artemisia rigida), pine bluegrass (Poa secunda), rock onion (Allium macrum), bitterroot (Lewisia rediviva), Henderson's needlegrass (Achnatherum hendersonii), and wormleaf stonecrop (Sedum stenopetalum). Lomatium species are common.
Though the plant is a local endemic, the populations are quite large and are located on Bureau of Land Management land with few threats to their survival.
...Lomatium ochocense in languages:
- English
- Ochoco Lomatium
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Lomatium ambiguum
- Lomatium attenuatum
- Lomatium austiniae
- Lomatium bentonitum
- Lomatium bicolor
- Lomatium bradshawii
- Lomatium brandegeei
- Lomatium brunsfeldianum
- Lomatium californicum
- Lomatium canbyi
- Lomatium caruifolium
- Lomatium ciliolatum
- Lomatium columbianum
- Lomatium concinnum
- Lomatium congdonii
- Lomatium cookii
- Lomatium cous
- Lomatium cusickii
- Lomatium cuspidatum
- Lomatium dasycarpum
- Lomatium depauperatum
- Lomatium dissectum
- Lomatium donnellii
- Lomatium eastwoodiae
- Lomatium engelmannii
- Lomatium erythrocarpum
- Lomatium farinosum
- Lomatium filicinum
- Lomatium foeniculaceum
- Lomatium fusiformis
- Lomatium geyeri
- Lomatium gormanii
- Lomatium graveolens
- Lomatium grayi
- Lomatium greenmanii
- Lomatium hallii
- Lomatium hendersonii
- Lomatium hooveri
- Lomatium howellii
- Lomatium idahoense
- Lomatium insulare
- Lomatium junceum
- Lomatium juniperinum
- Lomatium klickitatense
- Lomatium knokei
- Lomatium kogholiini
- Lomatium laevigatum
- Lomatium latilobum
- Lomatium linearifolium
- Lomatium lithosolamans
- Lomatium lucidum
- Lomatium macrocarpum
- Lomatium marginatum
- Lomatium martindalei
- Lomatium minimum
- Lomatium minus
- Lomatium mohavense
- Lomatium multifidum
- Lomatium nevadense
- Lomatium nudicaule
- Lomatium nuttallii
- Lomatium observatorium
- Lomatium ochocense
- Lomatium oreganum
- Lomatium orientale
- Lomatium packardiae
- Lomatium papilioniferum
- Lomatium parryi
- Lomatium parvifolium
- Lomatium pastorale
- Lomatium peckianum
- Lomatium piperi
- Lomatium plummerae
- Lomatium quintuplex
- Lomatium ravenii
- Lomatium repostum
- Lomatium rigidum
- Lomatium rollinsii
- Lomatium roneorum
- Lomatium roseanum
- Lomatium salmoniflorum
- Lomatium sandbergii
- Lomatium scabrum
- Lomatium serpentinum
- Lomatium shevockii
- Lomatium simplex
- Lomatium stebbinsii
- Lomatium suksdorfii
- Lomatium swingerae
- Lomatium tamanitchii
- Lomatium tarantuloides
- Lomatium thompsonii
- Lomatium torreyi
- Lomatium tracyi
- Lomatium triternatum
- Lomatium tuberosum
- Lomatium utriculatum
- Lomatium vaginatum
- Lomatium watsonii