Apiaceae FAMILY
Lomatium cous
Lomatium cous
Edibility
4/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Lomatium cous is a Perennial It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Habitat & Origin
Origintemperate
Native RangeWestern N. America.
HabitatDry often open rocky slopes and flats, often with sagebrush, especially in foothills and lowland, occasionally above the treeline[ 60 Title Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest. Publication Author Hitchcock. C. L. Publisher University of Washington Press Year 1955 ISBN - Description A standard flora for Western N. America with lots of information on habitat etc. Five large volumes, it is not for the casual reader. ].