Common names:
Parry's biscuitroot, Utah desert parsley, Parry's lomatium
Family:
Scientific name:
Lomatium parryi
Main flower color:
Range:
The Mojave Desert, across south Utah to southwest Colorado
Height:
Up to 15 inches; taller than some similar species
Habitat:
Canyons, rocky hillsides, pinyon-juniper woodland
Leaves:
Green, 2 to 7 inches long, finely divided into short, linear, pointed leaflets
Season:
March to June
The finely divided, fern-like leaves and spherical umbels readily identify lomatium parryi as a member of the carrot (apiaceae) family. Leaves grow around the base, from which rise thick, unbranched, hairless, reddish-green stems topped by a spherical inflorescence of tiny yellow flowers at the end of thin green stalks. Flowers have 8 to 15 ray florets and five protruding stamens; all components are just a few mm in length. Beneath the individual flower clusters, at the end of the pedicels, are between 3 and 8 bractlets, which may be entire or divided.
Leaves are divided twice or sometimes three times, into small, narrow leaflets at most one third of an inch long. They have a distinct petiole (stalk) around 3 inches in length. Leaflet tips are often purplish. Plants usually retain dead leaves and flower stalks from previous years.
Leaves are divided twice or sometimes three times, into small, narrow leaflets at most one third of an inch long. They have a distinct petiole (stalk) around 3 inches in length. Leaflet tips are often purplish. Plants usually retain dead leaves and flower stalks from previous years.
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