| Lomatium grayi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Lomatium |
| Species: | L. grayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Lomatium grayi (J.M.Coult. & Rose) J.M.Coult. & Rose
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Lomatium grayi, commonly known as Gray's biscuitroot, Gray's desert parsley, or pungent desert parsley, is a perennial herb of the family Apiaceae. It is native to Western Canada in British Columbia, and the Western United States, including from the Eastern Cascades and northeastern California to the Rocky Mountains.[1][2]
It is a perennial herb found growing in dry rocky banks and slopes.[3] It grows throughout the sagebrush steppe[4] and also in pinyon–juniper woodland. It has a lifespan of 5–7 years.
- ^ USDA: Lomatium grayi; info + native distribution map . Accessed 8 January 2013.
- ^ Consortium of California Herbaria (Jepson): Lomatium grayi distribution. Accessed 8 January 2013.
- ^ Lomatium grayi in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, info + detailed distribution map . Accessed 8 January 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 96. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.