[The Lovage of Mt. Adams]

Gray's Lovage, Gray's Licorice-root, Sheep Wild Lovage

Ligusticum grayii

Synonyms: Ligusticum apiifolium var. minus, Ligusticum cusickii, Ligusticum purpureum, Ligusticum tenuifolium var. dissimilis, Pimpinella apidora var. nudicaulis

Gray's Lovage, Gray's Licorice-root, Sheep Wild Lovage: Ligusticum grayi (Synonyms: Ligusticum apiifolium var. minus, Ligusticum cusickii, Ligusticum purpureum, Ligusticum tenuifolium var. dissimilis, Pimpinella apidora var. nudicaulis)

The photo above shows Gray's lovage as seen along the Shorthorn Trail #16 in the Mt. Adams Wilderness........................August 24, 2008.

Basal leaf of Gray's Lovage, Gray's Licorice-root, Sheep Wild Lovage: Ligusticum grayi (Synonyms: Ligusticum apiifolium var. minus, Ligusticum cusickii, Ligusticum purpureum, Ligusticum tenuifolium var. dissimilis, Pimpinella apidora var. nudicaulis)

The photo above 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.

Paul Slichter