Klickitat Desert Parsley, Klickitat Lomatium
Lomatium klickitatense
Synonym: Lomatium grayi, in part
A view downstream (south) along the Klickitat River from a viewpoint along the Klickitat-Appleton Grade Road, Klickitat County, WA.....April 21, 2024. Note the abundant Klickitat desert parsley in the foreground.
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Klickitat desert parsley (with some barestem desert parsley present too) at left on open pasture land several miles south of Grayback Mountain in the Klickitat Wildlife Area.........April 26, 2016. Klickitat desert parsley blooming along the Klickitat-Appleton Grade Road, Klickitat County, WA.....April 21, 2024.
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Several close-ups of the fruits and a fall dormant plant of Klickitat desert parsley as seen at Sheep Canyon at the southwest corner of Greyback Mountain, Klickitat Wildlife Area........October 9, 2017.
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Close-up views of the leaf segments and a habitat view of Klickitat desert parsley, South Breaks area of the Klickitat Wildlife Area......April 16, 2024.
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The photo at left shows Klickitat desert parsley high on the cliffs above the Klickitat River to the northeast of Glenwood, WA..........May 13, 2007. The photo at right shows Klickitat desert parsley in bloom on open slopes in the Klikcitat Wildlife Area about one and a half miles south of Grayback Mountain.......May 7, 2020.
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Klickitat desert parsley beginning to bloom at the Klickitat Breaks, Soda Springs Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area......March 31, 2021.
The photo above shows a close-up of the fruit
of Klickitat desert parsley. Photographed atop cliffs above the western edge of
the Klickitat River to the east of Mt. Adams........July 2, 2006.
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The photo at left shows a close-up of a leaf
of Klickitat 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. The photo at right shows Klickitat desert parsley going to seed near Sheep Canyon on the southwestern flanks of Grayback Mountain, Soda Springs Unit, Klickitat Wildlife Area.....September 18, 2021.
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Another view of Klickitat desert parsley as seen at left as it begins to dry out
atop cliff tops at the western edge of the Klickitat River.........July
2, 2006. The photo at right shows Klickitat desert parsley near the eastern rim of Canyon Creek, Soda Springs Unit of the Klickitat Wildlife Area......May 21, 2021.
Klickitat desert parsley with maturing fruits observed on rocky soils near the east rim of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area.....July 3, 2022.
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Klickitat desert parsley observed on rocky soils near the east rim of Canyon Creek, Klickitat Wildlife Area.....April 8, 2023.
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Klickitat desert parsley observed along the Klickitat River southeast of Mount Adams......June 3, 2022.
Paul Slichter