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Lomatium dissectum

Perennial

HomePerennialLomatium dissectum

Open, often rocky slopes and dry meadows, often on talus.

Family: Apiaceae
Height: 1.4 m / 5 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Dry to Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 4 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 2 of 5
Other Uses: 2 of 5

Native Habitat

Fernleaf Biscuitroot, Carrotleaf biscuitroot Lomatium dissectum native habitat is Open, often rocky slopes and dry meadows, often on talus.

Edible Uses

Root - cooked. Resinous and balsamic. The root can be dried and ground into a powder and then be mixed with cereal flours or added as a flavouring to soups etc. The roots have been boiled to make a refreshing and nutritious drink. Young seed sprouts - raw. Seed. No more details are given, though it is most likely used as an aromatic flavouring in cooked foods.

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