[Biscuitroots and Desert Parsleys: The Genus Lomatium East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium

Lomatium cuspidatum

Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni

Umbel of Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium: Lomatium cuspidatum(Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni) - Involucel bracts of Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium: Lomatium cuspidatum (Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni)

Close-ups of the umbel inflorescence of Wenatchee Mountains desert parsley, Wenatchee Mts........June 8, 2009. Note the long bracts beneath each involucel.

Involucel of Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium: Lomatium cuspidatum (Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni)

A single involucel of Wenatchee Mountains desert parsley as seen in the Wenatchee Mts.........June 8, 2009.

Fruit of Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium: Lomatium cuspidatum (Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni)

Fruit of Wenatchee Mountains desert parsley as seen in the Wenatchee Mts........July 26, 2009.

Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium: Lomatium cuspidatum (Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni)

Wenatchee Mountains desert parsley with maturing fruits as seen on Wedge Mt., Wenatchee National Forest........June 8, 2009.

Leaf of Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium: Lomatium cuspidatum (Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni)

The silvery-white leaf of Wenatchee Mountains desert parsley as seen on Wedge Mt., Wenatchee National Forest.........June 8, 2009.


Wenatchee Mts. Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Desert Parsley, Wenatchee Mountain Lomatium: Lomatium cuspidatum (Synonym: Leptotaenia watsoni)

Wenatchee Mountains desert parsley going to seed as seen in the Wenatchee Mts........June 8, 2009.

Paul Slichter