[Wikipedia] Range, Habitat, Native American Food & Medicine Source: Lomatium utriculatum is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat including chaparral, and in the Sierra Nevada. In Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia it is found most often west of the Cascade Mountain crest, unlike most Lomatium species, which grow in dry areas east of the Cascades. Uses This plant was used as a food and medicinal remedy by many Native American groups,[2] some of whom ate the fresh leaves raw. (link added by Mary Ann Machi)