A striking native habitat plant for a partly shaded bed or container. The handsome grey-green leaves boldly incised into smaller leaflets forming a 1’ high and 3’ wide clump. In Summer 3-5’ tall flower stalks rise above the foliage topped with poof-balls of fragrant white blooms held in loose clusters. Native to wooded areas along the coast and foothills of California, it adapts well to a wide range of soils. A wonderful habitat plant. The flowers attract a myriad of native and beneficial insects while the leaves are larval food plants for the Anise Swallowtail - a good alternative to the invasive and non-native wild fennel. The young leaves are edible and were enjoyed as spring greens by the Pomo Indians.