Great Basin Desert Parsley

Lomatium simplex var. simplex

Nine-leaf desert parsley is a perennial wildflower with one to a few erect stems arising from 20-80 cm high from a narrowly thickened, elongate taproot. The herbage is covered with fine, short but stiff hairs. The leaves are mostly basal, although some may be present at the middle or upper parts of the stems. The leaves are ternately or ternate-pinnately compound 2-3 times, and cleft into long, narrow segments or leaflets from 1-10 cm long.

The inflorescence is an umbel with 6-18 branches of unequal length supporting the umbellets, these stems measuring up to 2-10 cm long. The flowers are yellow. The fruits are broadly elliptic with broad wings about as wide as the body of the fruit. The fruits measure from 7-15 mm long and 3-7 mm wide. The bracts below the umbelets are inconspcuous, filiform in shape when present, or are absent.

link http://science.halleyhosting.com/nature/basin/5petal/pars/lom/simplex/simplex.htm
Great Basin desert parsley this one has thin wire like leaves (confirmed in another less than optimally focus photo) Geotagged,Great Basin Desert Parsley,Lomatium simplex var. simplex,Spring,United States

Appearance

General: Perennial from an elongate and slightly thickened taproot, 2-8 dm. tall, the stems solitary or few, erect, covered with fine but stiff hairs.
Leaves: Leaves chiefly basal or low-cauline; leaves ternately 2-3 times cleft into long, linear segments, 1-10 cm. long.
Flowers: Inflorescence of compound umbels, the rays unequal, 2-10 cm. long at maturity; involucre none, involucel bractlets inconspicuous; calyx teeth none; flowers light yellow.
Fruits: Fruit broadly elliptic, 7-15 mm. long and 3-7 mm. wide, the lateral wings about as wide as the body.

Naming

synonyms:
Lomatium platycarpum
Lomatium triternatum ssp. platycarpum

Distribution

East of the Cascades in Washington; widely distributed east of the Continental Divide in Montana south to Colorado.

Habitat

Dry, open areas at low elevations

References:

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http://biology.burke.washington.edu/herbarium/imagecollection.php?Genus=Lomatium&Species=simplex

http://science.halleyhosting.com/nature/basin/5petal/pars/lom/simplex/simplex.htm
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderApiales
FamilyApiaceae
GenusLomatium
SpeciesLomatium simplex var. simplex
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United States of America