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Kellogg's Yampah

Perideridia kelloggii

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Field Notes

Description:

Similar to Queen Anne Lace but was in California. Small white flowers on long stems that radiate from the main stem.

Habitat:

Whitney Portal area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Notes:

Notice the bee.

Species ID Suggestions

Kellogg's yampah

Perideridia kelloggii

Comments (7)

The other option might be California yampah...very similar grows in the same region: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perideridia_californica http://www.coepark.org/wildflowers/white/perideridia-californica.html
Apple: Nice job, I think you are absolutely correct. Thanks for the ID
The locations was in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, dry at the time, the soil was mixed gravel, sand. This was summer at the time of viewing.
I think I got it. I think the spotting is Kellogg's yampah which is very common in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Very similar looking to Queen Anne's lace and is considered a type of wild carrot but has a more similar structure to what you are looking at here. See the link to this photo: http://www.coepark.org/wildflowers/white/perideridia-kelloggii.html
Could also be cow parsnip or western water hemlock? Or it might something planted not natural to the area? Can you give some background on the environment in which you found it? Was it wet, dry, rocky, sandy, soil?
I agree, but it was the closest I could find. Not sure if it in the same family or just a coincidental similarity.
Actually I don't think it is, although the flowers appear the same the way they branch out is very different from Queen Anne's lace.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2012

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