It is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat including chaparral, and in the Sierra Nevada.

Lomatium utriculatum is a hairless to lightly hairy perennial herb growing up to 0.5 meters (1+1⁄2 feet) tall from a slender taproot.

The leaves are basal and also grow from the middle and upper sections of the stem, 5–15 centimeters (2–6 inches) long on a 2–10 cm (3⁄4–4 in) stalk.

[1] Lomatium utriculatum is native to western North America from British Columbia to California, where it grows in many types of habitat including chaparral, and in the Sierra Nevada.

This plant was used as a food and medicinal remedy by many Native American groups,[2] some of whom ate the fresh leaves raw.