Perideridia kelloggii
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Kellog's yampa
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Root, Tubers, Seeds - flavouring, Leaves
The fleshy root is eaten raw or cooked. The seeds are used for flavouring like caraway. The leaves are eaten raw.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
North America, USA,
How to Identify
A temperate herb in the carrot family (Apiaceae), Kellogg's yampa has fleshy roots, edible seeds, and leaves.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Perideridia kelloggii is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common name Kellogg's yampah. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the north and central coasts, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the Sierra Nevada foothills. It grows in grassland habitat, sometimes on serpentine soils. It is a perennial herb which may reach 5 feet (1.5 meters) in maximum height, its slender, erect stem growing from a cluster of long, narrow, fibrous roots each up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) long. Leaves near the base of the plant have blades up to 18 inches (45 centimeters) wide which are divided into many leaflets subdivided into narrow, elongated lobes. The inflorescence is a compound umbel of many spherical clusters of small white flowers. These yield ribbed, oblong-shaped fruits each about half a centimeter long.
Names & Synonyms
Yampa, Cascade caraway
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