genus
Mountainparsleys
Oreonana
Field notes
Oreonana is a small genus of flowering plants in the carrot family known generally as mountainparsleys. All three species are endemic to high mountain ranges in California. They are petite, cushionlike mat-forming perennial herbs.
As of December 2022, the Germplasm Resources Information Network considered that it may be a synonym of Cymopterus.
Species:
Oreonana clementis - pygmy mountainparsley
Oreonana purpurascens - purple mountainparsley
Oreonana vestita - woolly mounainparsley
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native mountainparsleys All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
