Lomatium cous (S.Watson) J.M.Coult. & Rose

A low growing herb. It has a tap-root. It grows 25 cm tall. The flowers are yellow. There is a ring of broad oval bracts under the flower.

Dry often open rocky slopes and flats, often with sagebrush, especially in foothills and lowland, occasionally above the treeline.

The roots are eaten raw, boiled or steamed. They can be sun dried and stored for future use. They are pulverised and made into porridge.

Can be grown by seedlings.