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Pseudocymopterus montanus.
Synonym:
Cymopterus lemmonii. (Mountain Parsley) Foothills, montane, subalpine. Woodlands,
meadows. Spring, summer. The characteristic umbels (wide, rounded-to-flattened flower clusters) above finely cut, odoriferous leaves mark this as a member of the Parsley Family. Mountain Parsley with its golden-yellow flower is widely distributed and very common in the Four Corners mountains, sometimes appearing in small scattered patches and sometimes in very large numbers. Its blooming season is very long, ranging from early spring (and tall plants) in the low foothills to late summer (and dwarf plants) in alpine meadows. The Greek "Cym" and "pterum" come together as "Cymopterus", "waved" "wing", referring to the fruit. "Pseudocymopterus" then is a false cymopterus, a close look-alike, and, in fact, so close that some botanists still classify it as a Cymopteris. It has endured numerous name changes due, as Intermountain Flora puts it, to its "great morphological variability". The plant was first collected for science by Augustus Fendler outside Santa Fe in 1846 or 1847 and was named Thaspium montanum by Gray in 1849; it was renamed Pseudocymopterus montanus by John Coulter in 1888. |
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Pseudocymopterus montanus.
Synonym:
Cymopterus lemmonii. (Mountain Parsley) Foothills, montane, subalpine. Woodlands,
meadows. Spring, summer. |
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Pseudocymopterus montanus.
Synonym:
Cymopterus lemmonii. (Mountain Parsley) Foothills, montane, subalpine. Woodlands,
meadows. Spring, summer. Gone to seed. |
