Participant Info

Species

Cymopterus lemmonii [Thaspium montanum] [Pseudocymopterus montanus] [Pseudocymopterus filicinus] [Pseudocymopterus multifidus] etc. [

Family

Apiaceae

CommonName

mountain parsley

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1916

LatestDate

2020

Ecosystem

basin, montane, subalpine

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, Archuleta, San Juan

Passes

Carnero, Cochetopa, Cumbres, Elwood, Hayden, La Manga, Music, South, Spring Creek, Stony, Wolf Creek

WildlifePreserves

Big Meadows Reservoir, Great Sand Dunes

Other Localities

La Botica

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Mineral Co, by junction of CR 380 and Hwy 160 10 June 2020

Comments

In the Watershed mountain parsley is perhaps the most commonly collected Apiacid, ubiquitous in the montane and subalpine on both sides of the Valley. Cymopterus lemmonnii is a variable species, especially as to leaf shape, a variability that has spawned a large number of scientific names. Its USA range overlaps with Ligusticum porteri: Southwest mountains of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and a bit of northern Utah. It follows the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico down to the border with Mexico, continuing into far-west Texas with a few collections. Note that Ackerfield (2022) and others treats this species as Pseudocymopterus montanus.

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