| Family | APIACEAE |
| Genus species | Lomatium observatorium Constance & B.Ertter |
| Bibliography | Madrońo 43: 515 (1997) |
| Native Range | wc. California |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | shady rocks |
| Altitude | 1280-1330m |
| Description | strigose or shortly hirsute, acaulescent, leaves vaginate-petiolate, ternately pinnate, ultimate segments lanceolate-linear, acute, ciliate, rays of umbel 1-3 |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |