Tauschia
Appearance
Tauschia | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Tauschia arguta | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
(unranked): | |
(unranked): | |
(unranked): | |
Order: | |
Family: | |
Tribe: | |
Genus: | Tauschia |
Species | |
About 35, see text. |
Tauschia is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family which are known as umbrellaworts.[1] 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
References
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tauschia". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
External links