Narrow-fruit Desert Parsley
Lomatium brevifolium
Synonyms: Lomatium triternatum var. alatum, Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium, Lomatium triternatum var. macrocarpum
![Narrowfruit Biscuit-root: Lomatium brevifolium (Synonyms: Lomatium triternatum var. alatum, Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium, Lomatium triternatum var. macrocarpum)](leptocarpum/leptocarpum1a.jpg)
The photo above shows either nine leaf desert parsley or slender-fruit desert parsley. Photographed in open woods in Conboy Lake NWR along Lakeside Road..........May 19, 2007.
![Narrowfruit Biscuit-root: Lomatium brevifolium (Synonyms: Lomatium triternatum var. alatum, Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium, Lomatium triternatum var. macrocarpum)](leptocarpum/leptocarpum1b.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view of a leaf. Note that some of the leaflets are lobed, especially those that are at the end of a branch. Photographed in open woods in Conboy Lake NWR along Lakeside Road.........May 19, 2007.
![Narrowfruit Biscuit-root: Lomatium brevifolium (Synonyms: Lomatium triternatum var. alatum, Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium, Lomatium triternatum var. macrocarpum)](leptocarpum/leptocarpum1c.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view from beneath the umbel. Note the bracts beneath each involucel (cluster of flowers). Photographed in open woods in Conboy Lake NWR along Lakeside Road...........May 19, 2007.
![Umbel of Narrowfruit Biscuit-root: Lomatium brevifolium (Synonyms: Lomatium triternatum var. alatum, Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium, Lomatium triternatum var. macrocarpum)](leptocarpum/leptocarpum1d.jpg)
The photo above shows a close-up view from above of the umbel. Photographed in open woods in Conboy Lake NWR along Lakeside Road...........May
19, 2007.
Paul Slichter