Lomatium piperi
Apiaceae
Salt And Pepper
Prostrate, tiny. Leaf blades deep green, twice pinnately dissected into linear leaflets to 1 in. long. Clusters of white flowers with purple anthers form umbels on unequal stalks. Grows in rocky slopes with sagebrush, pine woodlands, arid areas, at low to mid-elevations. Called salt and pepper in reference to the white flowers and dark purple anthers. See L. gormanii, a similar species also known as salt and pepper.
- Rarity: Uncommon
- Flowering Time: Early Spring
- Flower Form: 5 tiny petals fls. in umbel (parsley famly)
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 2–4 inches
- Habitat: Shrub-Steppe
- Found In: East Gorge
- Native: Yes
- Also Known As: Piper's Desert Parsley
