Butterfly-bearing Biscuitroot, Butterfly-bearing Desert-parsley, Gray's Biscuitroot, Gray's Lomatium, Milfoil Lomatium, Pungent Desert Parsley
Lomatium papilioniferum
Synonyms: Lomatium grayi, Lomatium grayi var. grayi
The photo above shows pungent desert parsley high on the cliffs above the Klickitat River to the northeast of Glenwood, WA..........May 13, 2007.
The photo above shows a close-up of the fruit
of pungent desert parsley. Photographed atop cliffs above the western edge of
the Klickitat River to the east of Mt. Adams..........July 2, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of a leaf
of pungent desert parsley as seen atop cliffs at the western edge of the Klickitat
canyon to the east of Mt. Adams.........July 2, 2006. The foliage has
a very pungent, parsley smell which lend the species its common name. The branches
of the leaf blades are oriented in all 3 dimensions, which is unique for the
desert parsley species found on and around Mt. Adams.
Another view of pungent desert parsley as it begins to dry out
from cliff tops at the western edge of the Klickitat River............July
2, 2006.
Paul Slichter