Apiaceae
Ligusticum grayi

Gray's Lovage

Erect, hairless. Stem leafless or with few small leaves. Basal leaves divided 3 times into leaflets less than 2 in. long, egg-shaped, with narrowly pointed lobes. Flowers in 5–14 small compact clusters in an umbel at stem top without bracts under the flowers. Grows in bogs, wet to dry openings in upper forests and subalpine meadows.

  • Rarity: Common
  • Flowering Time: All Summer
  • Life Cycle: Perennial
  • Height: 3--36 inches
  • Habitat: Subalpine, West-Side Forest, East-Side Forest
  • Found In: Mt. Rainier Np, N Cascades Np
  • Native: Yes