Tag: edible

Lomatium californicum

California rock parsnip, Lomatium californicum, is a perennial herb of California and Oregon which grows in partial shade on low elevation mountains and hillsides.  Drought tolerant once established, California rock parsnip grows roughly 1 foot tall and has a unique blue-green foliage with broad umbels of yellow flowers which rise above the foliage 6 to 8 […]

Fritillaria pudica

Of the 50 plus species that exist throughout the northern hemisphere, Fritillaria pudica is one of only eight which are found in the Pacific Northwest.  Also known as yellowbells, this small member of the lily family grows in arid sage-brush steppe habitat, east of the Cascade range from British Columbia south into northern California and in the inter-mountain […]

Brodiaea coronaria

One of about 14 species of Brodiaea, all native to western North America, Brodiaea coronaria, or Crown Brodiaea, is a showy corm-forming perennial.  Its violet or purple flower is an upright bell-shaped tube or umbel up to 1″ long. It has free lobes which rise from a leafless stem, or scape, 4 to 10 inches long. Brodiaea coronaria flowers […]