Perideridia parishii (Parish's Yampah)

8/15/04 Little Lakes Valley trailhead at Mosquito Flat, Rock Creek 10,200' elevation

Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

8/15/04 Little Lakes Valley trailhead at Mosquito Flat, Rock Creek 10,200' elevation
Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

 7/9/16 Donnell Vista, Hwy. 108, Stanislaus National Forest,
Sierra Nevada, Tuolumne County, CA

  

7/9/16 Donnell Vista, Hwy. 108, Stanislaus National Forest,
Sierra Nevada, Tuolumne County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Parish's Yampah

SPECIES: Perideridia parishii

FAMILY: Apiaceae (Carrot Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 8/15/04

LOCATION: Little Lakes Valley, trailhead at Mosquito Flat, Rock Creek, Inyo National Forest, Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, CA

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Treatment from The Jepson Manual (1993):

Plant 1.5–9 dm, green; roots tuberous, single, 1–2.5 cm, fusiform

Leaf: basal petiole 3–10 cm; basal blade 10–20 cm, ± ovate, generally 1-ternate or 1-pinnate with 1–3 pairs of leaflets, leaflets 3–15 cm, ± lanceolate, entire; cauline leaves 1-ternate

Inflorescence: peduncle 3–20 cm; bracts 0–2, bristle-like; bractlets 3–8, 2–4 mm, linear-lanceolate, scarious-margined; rays 5–20, 1–4.5 cm, subequal or unequal, ascending or spreading-ascending; pedicels 3–4 mm; 2° umbels 13–27-flowered

Flower: petals 1-veined; styles 1–1.5 mm

Fruit 2.5–5 mm wide, oblong to ± round; ribs thread-like; oil tubes per rib-interval 3–4

Ecology: Moist meadows, open coniferous forests

Elevation: 2000–3000 m.  

Bioregional distribution: Klamath Ranges, Cascade Range, High Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, Peninsular Ranges, East of Sierra Nevada 

Distribution outside California: to Nevada, New Mexico