genus

Umbrellaworts

Tauschia

Field notes

Tauschia is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family which are known as umbrellaworts. These are perennial plants with taproots or tubers and foliage generally resembling that of relatives parsley and carrot. Tauschia are native to the Americas.

Selected species:

Tauschia arguta – southern umbrellawort

Tauschia glauca – glaucus umbrellawort

Tauschia hartwegii – Hartweg's umbrellawort

Tauschia howellii – Howell's umbrellawort

Tauschia kelloggii – Kellogg's umbrellawort

Tauschia parishii – Parish's umbrellawort

Tauschia stricklandii – Strickland's umbrellawort

Tauschia tenuissima – Leiberg's umbrellawort

Tauschia texana – Texas umbrellawort

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native umbrellaworts All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.