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Snow Spring-parsley - Cymopterus nivalis
Other Names:
Cymopterus bipinnatus
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S5
C-value:
5
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General Description
Acaulescent with a woody, branched caudex covered in old petioles. Herbage scabrous. Leaves long-petiolate; blades 1–5 cm long, lanceolate in outline, bipinnate; ultimate segments crowded, 1–2 mm long. Umbels solitary, compact; peduncles 3–17 cm long, prostrate to ascending; rays 2–4 mm long; involucre absent; involucel bracts acuminate-ovate, 2–4 mm long, scarious-margined, united at the base. Flowers white; sepals ca. 0.5 mm long. Mericarps narrowly elliptic, 3–7 mm long; marginal wings wavy, 1–1.5 mm wide, wider than the dorsal ribs; oil tubes 5 to 6 per interval (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
OR to MT south to NV, UT and WY (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 44
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Recency
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Habitat
Gravelly soil of grasslands, sagebrush steppe, woodlands, open forest, fellfields; montane to alpine (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Stewardship Responsibility
References
- Literature Cited AboveLegend:
View Online Publication- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
- Additional ReferencesLegend: View Online Publication
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Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.- Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
- Quire, R.L. 2013. The sagebrush steppe of Montana and southeastern Idaho shows evidence of high native plant diversity, stability, and resistance to the detrimental effects of nonnative plant species. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 124 p.
- Seipel, T.F. 2006. Plant species diversity in the sagebrush steppe of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 87 p.
- South, P.R. 1957. Food habits and range use of the mule deer in the Scudder Creek area, Beaverhead County, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 34 p.
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