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Tauschia stricklandii
Tauschia stricklandii

Strickland's tauschia, Strickland's umbrella-wort
Habit Herbs acaulous or very short-caulescent, green, 10–25 cm, glabrous.
Leaves

1–2-ternate or 1-pinnate;

petiole 2–10 cm;

blade ovate to obovate, 2–5 × 2–3 cm;

leaflets (ultimate segments) elliptic to broadly elliptic, 10–30 × 5–8 mm, not lobed, margins entire.
Peduncles

5–20 cm, exceeding leaves.
Umbels

rays 4–9, (0–)3–7(–15) mm, very unequal, spreading-ascending;

involucel bractlets not leaflike, ascending, linear to lanceolate, 1–3 mm, shorter than flowers and fruits, undivided or sometimes lobed near apex, margins entire.
Pedicels

0–4 mm.
Flowers

petals yellow.
Schizocarps

broadly ellipsoid to subglobose;

mericarps 2–3 × 2–3 mm;

ribs obscure or flattened;

oil ducts 2–3 in intervals, 4–6 on commissure.

Tauschia stricklandii
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Meadows, moist slopes.
Elevation 1500–2000 m. [4900–6600 ft.]
Distribution
from FNA
OR; WA
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Discussion

Tauschia stricklandii occurs on and near Mt. Rainier and in western Yakima County, Washington, and on steep slopes west of Mt. Hood, Oregon.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 13.
Parent taxa Apiaceae > Tauschia
Sibling taxa
T. arguta, T. glauca, T. hartwegii, T. howellii, T. kelloggii, T. parishii, T. texana
Synonyms Hesperogenia stricklandii
Name authority (J. M. Coulter & Rose) Mathias & Constance: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 121. (1941) — (as stricklandi)
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