Narrow-fruit Desert Parsley
Lomatium brevifolium
Synonyms: Lomatium triternatum var. alatum, Lomatium triternatum var. brevifolium, Lomatium triternatum var. macrocarpum
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.
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.
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.
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