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Bolander's Yampah, olasi

Bacigalupi's Yampah, Mother Lode Yampah

Habit Herbs 15–90 cm; roots tuberous, 1 or 2–3-clustered, 1–7 cm. Herbs 50–170 cm; roots tuberous, 2–6-clustered, 2–6 cm.
Leaves

basal 2–4 pinnate;

petiole 2–15 cm;

blade deltate, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, 10–20 cm, most primary leaflets dissected, ultimate divisions monomorphic or dimorphic (terminal more elongate than laterals), oblong to filiform, 5–60 mm (terminal sometimes to 80 mm), margins usually toothed or lobed;

cauline leaves usually 1-ternate or 1-ternate-pinnate.

basal (1–)2-pinnate, primary leaflets 7–15;

petiole 6–20 cm;

blade ± ovate, 20–40 cm, most primary leaflets dissected, sometimes only proximal dissected, ultimate divisions monomorphic, linear-lanceolate, 20–150 × 1–4 mm, margins entire, sometimes lobed;

cauline leaves usually 1-pinnate.

Peduncles

2–20 cm.

3–25 cm.

Umbels

involucral bracts 8–12, linear to narrowly lanceolate;

rays 9–23, 1–2 cm, subequal, ascending or spreading-ascending;

involucel bractlets 4–10, obovate or lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 3–9 mm, widely scarious-margined or entirely scarious, apex acuminate;

umbellets convex, 18–30-flowered.

± concave distally;

involucral bracts 1–2, linear-lanceolate;

rays 4–7, 3–6 cm some 5+ cm in fruit, unequal, spreading-ascending;

involucel bractlets 12–16, linear-lanceolate, 5–15 mm;

umbellets spheric, sometimes hemispheric, 40–50(–60)-flowered.

Pedicels

2–5 mm.

3–8 mm.

Flowers

petals 1-veined;

styles 2 mm, spreading and usually recurved.

petals 1–1.5 mm, 1-veined;

styles 0.7–1.2 mm, spreading and usually recurved.

Schizocarps

oblong;

mericarps 4–6 mm;

ribs threadlike;

oil ducts 2–3 in intervals, 4 on commissure.

± oblong;

mericarps 4–6 mm;

ribs threadlike;

oil ducts 1 in intervals, 2 on commissure.

2n

= 38.

Perideridia bolanderi

Perideridia bacigalupii

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug; fruiting Aug–Sep.
Habitat Steep rocky banks or slopes of red clay, pine woodlands, chaparral.
Elevation 400–1600 m. [1300–5200 ft.]
Distribution
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Discussion

Subspecies 2 (2 in the flora).

Perideridia bolanderi is distinguishable from all other species in the genus by the following combination of characters: ultimate divisions of the basal leaves dimorphic, or if homomorphic, less than 1 mm wide; bracts and bractlets broad, conspicuously scarious, and cuspidate or acuminate, or if only broadly scarious-margined and acuminate, the bracts persistent at maturity; and mericarps oblong with 2–3 oil ducts in the intervals. Although the two subspecies share this combination of characters, phylogenetic analysis of DNA sequence data shows that they do not form a monophyletic group, though this separation is only weakly supported (S. R. Downie et al. 2004).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Perideridia bacigalupii is distinguished by its globose, many-flowered umbellets. It is found in the Sierra Nevada foothills from Butte County to Fresno County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Parent taxa Apiaceae > Perideridia Apiaceae > Perideridia
Sibling taxa
P. americana, P. bacigalupii, P. californica, P. erythrorhiza, P. gairdneri, P. howellii, P. kelloggii, P. lemmonii, P. leptocarpa, P. montana, P. oregana, P. parishii, P. pringlei
P. americana, P. bolanderi, P. californica, P. erythrorhiza, P. gairdneri, P. howellii, P. kelloggii, P. lemmonii, P. leptocarpa, P. montana, P. oregana, P. parishii, P. pringlei
Subordinate taxa
P. bolanderi subsp. bolanderi, P. bolanderi subsp. involucrata
Key
1. Plants not glaucous; ultimate divisions of basal leaf blades 1–4 mm wide, dimorphic (terminal more elongate than laterals); involucral bracts and involucel bractlets entirely scarious, deciduous.
subsp. bolanderi
1. Plants glaucous; ultimate divisions of basal leaf blades 0.3–0.7 mm wide, monomorphic; involucral bracts and involucel bractlets widely scarious-margined, persistent.
subsp. involucrata
Synonyms Podosciadium bolanderi
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 61: 33. (1916) T. I. Chuang & Constance: Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 55: 36, figs. 11, 14. (1969)
Source FNA vol. 13. Treatment authors: Fengjie Sun, Stephen R. Downie. FNA vol. 13. Treatment authors: Fengjie Sun, Stephen R. Downie.
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