Gray's Lovage, Gray's Licorice-root, Sheep Wild Lovage
Ligusticum grayi
Synonyms: Ligusticum apiifolium var. minus, Ligusticum caeruleomontanum, Ligusticum cusickii, Ligusticum purpureum, Ligusticum tenuifolium var. dissimilis, Pimpinella apidora var. nudicaulis
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The photo at left shows Gray's lovage as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #16 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness..........August 24, 2008. The photo at right shows Gray's lovage still in bloom atWy'East Basin, Mount Hood Wilderness.....October 5, 2022.
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The photo at left shows the leaf of Gray's lovage
as seen along the Island Springs Trail #66 on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........August
25, 2005. The photo at right shows a close-up of the inflorescence of Gray's lovage as seen between Junction Lake and Lemei Lake in the Indian Heaven Wilderness.........August 25, 2017.
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Close-ups of the umbel and developing fruits of Gray's lovage as seen in wetland meadows along the Timberline Trail immediately south of the Mount Hood Meadows Ski Area........October 2, 2010.
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What may be Gray's lovage as seen along the Pacific Crest Trail near Hobart Bluff, Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument......May 28, 2021. There's a slight possibility this could be Ligusticum californicum.
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Gray's lovage as seen at left in the floodplain of the South Fork Conrad Creek near a well-used user trail in the upper basin, Goat Rocks Wilderness.........July 24, 2016. The image at right shows a dorsal view down onto the inflorescence of Gray's lovage, High Prairie, Badger Creek Wilderness......August 18, 2024. Gray's lovage has 7-14 umbellets or mini-umbel clusters of tiny white flowers.
Paul Slichter