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Podistera
Sign in to savePodistera is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. The four species are native to western North America, where they grow in high mountains and northern latitudes. They are compact, mat-forming perennial herbs with a low, clumpy habit common among plants growing in harsh, exposed, cold, dry habitat.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 53
- With media
- 67
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Collections
- CAS, UT, SJNM, DBG, UAM
- Recorded in
- Canada, United States
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Podistera is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. The four species are native to western North America, where they grow in high mountains and northern latitudes. They are compact, mat-forming perennial herbs with a low, clumpy habit common among plants growing in harsh, exposed, cold, dry habitat.
Species: Podistera eastwoodiae - Eastwood's podistera (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico) Podistera macounii - Macoun's woodroot (Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories) Podistera nevadensis - Sierra podistera (California) Podistera yukonensis - Yukon podistera (Alaska, Yukon)
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