Tauschia howellii is a rare species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common names Howell's umbrellawort[2] and Howell's tauschia.

[3] It grows in mountain forests on gravelly granite soils, often among stands of Shasta red fir (Abies magnifica var.

[3] It is a perennial herb growing 30 to 80 centimeters tall.

The thick leaves have blades which are divided into leaflets large, sharp teeth and edges curved up, and borne on long petioles.

The fruit is oblong, ribbed, and just a few millimeters long.