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Bolander's Yampah, olasi

Kellogg's Yampah, Yampah

Habit Herbs 15–90 cm; roots tuberous, 1 or 2–3-clustered, 1–7 cm. Herbs 70–150 cm; roots fibrous, ± thickened, 5–15-clustered, 3–15 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-ternate-pinnate;

petiole 3–6 cm;

blade lanceolate to triangular-ovate, 15–45 cm, most primary leaflets dissected, ultimate divisions monomorphic, linear to lanceolate, 30–120 × 2–8 mm, margins entire;

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

Peduncles

2–20 cm.

5–18 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.

involucral bracts 8–10, linear-lanceolate;

rays 9–20, 2–6.5 cm, ± equal, spreading-ascending;

involucel bractlets ± 10, linear-lanceolate, 3–5 mm;

umbellets convex, 23–27-flowered.

Pedicels

2–5 mm.

2–5 mm.

Flowers

petals 1-veined;

styles 2 mm, spreading and usually recurved.

petals 1-veined;

styles 0.8–1 mm, ± erect.

Schizocarps

oblong;

mericarps 4–6 mm;

ribs threadlike;

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

elliptic-oblong;

mericarps 4–5 mm;

ribs threadlike;

oil ducts 1 in intervals, 2 on commissure.

2n

= 40.

Perideridia bolanderi

Perideridia kelloggii

Phenology Flowering Jul–Sep; fruiting Sep–Oct.
Habitat Open grass­lands, adobe flats, serpentine outcrops.
Elevation 10–2200 m. [30–7200 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 kelloggii is found from Humboldt and Shasta counties south through the Coast Ranges to San Luis Obispo County, and through the Sierra Nevada foothills to Tuolumne County. It and P. howellii share fascicled fibrous roots with a similar histology and short styles surmounting conspicuous stylopodia.

(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. bacigalupii, P. bolanderi, P. californica, P. erythrorhiza, P. gairdneri, P. howellii, 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 Carum kelloggii
Name authority (A. Gray) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride: Bot. Gaz. 61: 33. (1916) (A. Gray) Mathias: Brittonia 2: 244. (1936)
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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