We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we’ve sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project in Vermont closer to our best friends and their kids.

Don’t worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we’ve written about our plants!

We’ll let you know once we re-start a farm in Vermont!

Fernleaf Biscuitroot

Lomatium dissectum

Habit
Hardy perennial
Ecological Role
Attracts pollinatorsDrought tolerantEdible flowersEdible perennialNative to the Pacific NW
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Native to well-drained hillsides in the Willamette Valley and the greater Pacific Northwest, this handsome perennial is the subject of an explosion of research for use as an antibacterial and antiviral medicine.  The herb, roots, and seeds have a strong parsley-like flavor.

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Attracts pollinators
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Edible flowers
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I really like the parsley-like taste of this edible perennial in the carrot family.  Another common name is pestle-parsley.  It’s also native to wet meadows and well-drained hillsides in the Willamette Valley and the greater Pacific Northwest.  Native people and herbalists treat patients with the leaves, roots, and seeds, and researchers are actively investigating the antibacterial and antiviral properties. Read more