title: Podistera
text: # Podistera
  
  Podistera is a genus of flowering plants in the carrot family. The four species are native to western North America, where they grow in high mountains and northern latitudes. They are compact, mat-forming perennial herbs with a low, clumpy habit common among plants growing in harsh, exposed, cold, dry habitat.
  
  Species:
  
  * Podistera eastwoodiae - Eastwood's podistera (Colorado, Utah, New Mexico)
  * Podistera macounii - Macoun's woodroot (Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories)
  * Podistera nevadensis - Sierra podistera (California)
  * Podistera yukonensis - Yukon podistera (Alaska, Yukon)
  