Oreonana Explained

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.

, the Germplasm Resources Information Network considered that it may be a synonym of Cymopterus.^[1]

Species:

• Oreonana clementis - pygmy mountainparsley
• Oreonana purpurascens - purple mountainparsley
• Oreonana vestita - woolly mounainparsley

External links

• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Oreonana Jeps.. . GRIN Taxonomy . National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland . 2022-12-12.