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Tauschia stricklandii
Tauschia stricklandii

Strickland's tauschia, Strickland's umbrella-wort
Habit Glabrous, often acaulescent perennial from a thickened taproot, 5-20 cm. tall.
Leaves

Basal leaves long-petiolate, trifoliate to 5-7 pinnate, the leaflets elliptic, 1-3 cm. long and 4-10 mm. wide;

cauline leaves, if any, few and much reduced.
Flowers

Inflorescence a compound umbel, the several rays elongating unequally, much longer in fruit than in flower;

involucre none, involucel of several slender bractlets 1-2 mm. long;

calyx teeth minute;

flowers yellow;

pedicels short.
Fruits

Fruit sub-globose, 2-3 mm. long and nearly as wide, with longitudinal ribs and grooves.

Tauschia stricklandii
Flowering time July-August
Habitat Moist meadows, forest openings and edge at middle elevations.
Distribution
Occurring on west side of Mount Rainier National Park and nearby Yakima County in WA; also in Multnomah and Lincoln counties in Oregon.
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Origin Native
Conservation status Not of concern
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