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Mount Hamilton Lomatium
Lomatium observatorium
  
About Mount Hamilton Lomatium (Lomatium observatorium) 0 Nurseries Carry This Plant Lomatium observatorium is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names Mt. Hamilton desertparsley and Mount Hamilton lomatium. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the mountains of Santa Clara County, including Mount Hamilton near the Lick Observatory. It may also occur in Stanislaus County. Its habitat includes mountain woodlands on volcanic and metamorphosed sedimentary rock substrates. The plant was described to science as a new species in 1996. This is a perennial herb growing low to the ground, the lightly hairy herbage growing from a long taproot. The leaf blades are up to 12 centimeters long and are intricately divided into many subdivided lobes, the smallest segments linear or lance-shaped and pointed. The blades are borne on petioles a few centimeters in length. The inflorescence is an umbel of one or more clusters of tiny flowers borne on a peduncle which is very short or elongated, up to 20 centimeters tall.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
7.9 in tall

Wildlife Supported
 


 
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Landscaping Information
Common uses
Common uses
Butterfly Gardens

Natural Setting
Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 17.6" - 26.4", Summer Precipitation: 0.30" - 0.38", Coldest Month: 48.1" - 50.4", Hottest Month: 62.5" - 71.4", Humidity: 5.14" - 19.82", Elevation: 1581" - 4161"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Mt Hamilton Desertparsley, Mt. Hamilton Desertparsley


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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