Lomatium fusiformis Calflora

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Taxon Report

Lomatium fusiformis S. Watson

California indian potato

2005 Steve Matson

2023 Dolly B. Chapman

2019 Bob Sweatt

2021 Dana York

Lomatium fusiformis is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Orogenia fusiformis


	Plant Range Observation Search ~37 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Lomatium
Family:	Apiaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Wetlands: Occurs usually in wetlands, occasionally in non wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest, wetland-riparian

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Orogenia fusiformis

Information about Lomatium fusiformis from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 07/17/2025).