Lomatium laevigatum
Apiaceae
Smooth Desert Parsley
Tuft of basal leaves, erect flower stems. Leaves hairless, shiny, divided 3 or 4 times into many distinct linear segments to 1 in. long, tips pointed. Stems hold umbels above leaves. Flower stalks within the umbel unequal, ascending with bractless clusters of yellow flowers. Grows on basalt bluffs and ridges along Columbia River.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Mid Spring
- Flower Form: 5 tiny petals fls. in umbel (parsley famly)
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 6–24 inches
- Habitat: Shrub-Steppe
- Found In: Blue Mts., East Gorge
- Native: Yes
