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Canby's Wild Lovage - Ligusticum canbyi

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNR
C-value: 6


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General Description
Stems erect, 50–120 cm, branched. Herbage glabrous. Leaf blades subtripinnate, 6–25 cm long; leaflets lanceolate, 2–7 cm long, pinnately lobed into lanceolate ultimate segments up to 3 times as long as wide. Umbels: rays 15 to 40, 1–5 cm long, scabrous. Mericarps 2–5 mm long; marginal and dorsal wings up to 0.5 mm wide, slightly wavy (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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Range Comments
BC, MT south to OR, ID (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 254

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Habitat
Moist forests, wet meadows, often along streams; montane (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Ecology
POLLINATORS
The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap: Bombus occidentalis (Pyke et al. 2012).

Management
The Salish Native Americans of western Montana used the roots to treat sore throats (Hart 1979).

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Hart, J. 1979. The Ethnobotany of the Flathead Indians of Western Montana. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 27(10):261-307.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
    • Pyke, G.H., D.W. Inouye, and J.D. Thomson. 2012. Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: competition and community structure revisited. Environmental Entomology 41(6): 1332-1349.
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    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
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