Calflora: Sphenosciadium capitellatum

Sphenosciadium capitellatum A. Gray

GraySwamp Whiteheads, Ranger's Button, swamp whiteheads, woollyhead parsnip

Sphenosciadium capitellatum, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found outside of California, but is confined to western North America.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Jul--Aug

Communities:	Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Subalpine Forest, wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 3000 and 10400 feet
Family:	APIACEAE
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Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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See a detailed Distribution Grid of this plant in California.

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Records by County, with approximate record counts in the form: TOTAL / CCH. Click county name to view records.

Alpine: 19 / 15 CCH Butte: 13 / 11 CCH Colusa: 2 / 1 CCH El Dorado: 23 / 17 CCH Fresno: 28 / 27 CCH Glenn: 3 / 2 CCH Inyo: 38 / 32 CCH Kern: 6 / 6 CCH Lassen: 4 / 3 CCH Los Angeles: 4 / 4 CCH Madera: 13 / 11 CCH Mendocino: 3 / 2 CCH Mono: 68 / 59 CCH Modoc: 12 / 12 CCH Mariposa: 19 / 14 CCH Nevada: 30 / 20 CCH Placer: 14 / 5 CCH Plumas: 23 / 16 CCH Riverside: 10 / 8 CCH San Bernardino: 55 / 53 CCH Shasta: 6 / 4 CCH Sierra: 6 / 5 CCH Siskiyou: 8 / 8 CCH Tehama: 2 / 2 CCH Tulare: 46 / 37 CCH Tuolumne: 41 / 25 CCH Ventura: 13 / 12 CCH

CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Sphenosciadium capitellatum from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (SPCA5)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database