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Kellogg's Umbrellawort

Tauschia kelloggii (A. Gray) J. F. Macbr.

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Tauschia kelloggii (A. Gray) F. Macbr. Contr. Gray
Herb. 59: 29. 1919.
Deweya Kelloggii A. Gray, Proc. Am. Acad. 7: 343. 1868. Velaea Kelloggii Coult. & Rose, Rev. N. Am. Umhell. 121. 1888. Driideophytum Kelloggii Coult. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7: 81. 1900.
Acaulescent, or nearly so, from a taproot, 2-7 dm. high, minutely scabrous throughout; leaves ovate to orbicular in general outline, excluding the petioles S-20 cm. long, 10-22 cm. broad, 1-3-ternate or -ternate-pinnate, the leaflets oblong to ovate, confluent, cuneate at the base, 15-35 mm. long, 10-20 mm. broad, coarsely mucronate-serrate and often incised or lobed; petioles 5-15 cm. long; peduncles 20-50 cm. long; involucre wanting; involucel of a few linear, entire bractlets, 3-8 mm. long, shorter than the flowers and fruit; rays 10-20, unequal, 2-12 cm. long; pedicels 3-15 mm. long; calyx-teeth minute; flowers yellow; styles slender, spreading; carpophore 2-cleft nearly to the base; fruit suborbicular, 3-5 mm. long, 4—6 mm. broad, the ribs filiform; oil-tubes 2 or 3 in the intervals, about 6 on the commissure; seed-face deeply sulcate.
Type locality: Bolinas Bay near San Francisco, Marin County, California, Kellogg. Distribution: Coastal southern Oregon, south to central California [Elmer 49ZS. Heller 10,811).
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Albert Charles Smith, Mildred Esther Mathias, Lincoln Constance, Harold William Rickett. 1944-1945. UMBELLALES and CORNALES. North American flora. vol 28B. New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
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Tauschia kelloggii

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Tauschia kelloggii is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Kellogg's umbrellawort.[1] It is native to the mountains of Oregon and the northern half of California, where it grows in chaparral, woodlands, forest, and other types of habitat. It is a perennial herb growing up to 70 centimeters tall. The leaves have blades which are divided into toothed or serrated leaflets, and sometimes subdivided further. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of yellow flowers with 10 to 20 rays measuring 2 to 12 centimeters long each. The fruit is somewhat rounded in shape, ribbed, and up to half a centimeter long.

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  1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tauschia kelloggii". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.

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Tauschia kelloggii: Brief Summary

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Tauschia kelloggii is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name Kellogg's umbrellawort. It is native to the mountains of Oregon and the northern half of California, where it grows in chaparral, woodlands, forest, and other types of habitat. It is a perennial herb growing up to 70 centimeters tall. The leaves have blades which are divided into toothed or serrated leaflets, and sometimes subdivided further. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of yellow flowers with 10 to 20 rays measuring 2 to 12 centimeters long each. The fruit is somewhat rounded in shape, ribbed, and up to half a centimeter long.

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