Plant Name
Scientific Name: Cymopterus multinervatus
Common Names: Purplenerve Springparsley, Arizona Springparsley, Wild Parsnip
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Herb/Forb
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert, Upland. This wildflower grows in sunny, open areas in sandy and rocky soil.
Flower Color: Purple or purplish
Flowering Season: Spring (March and April)
Height: Up to 8 inches (20 cm) tall
Description: The flowers are small and in bud-like, terminal umbels on leafless flower stalks. The flowers are followed by flower-like, greenish and ruffled maturing to purple and white-winged fruits. The leaves are fleshy, hairless, glaucous blue-green in color, mainly basal, parsley-like, and 2-pinnately or 3-pinnately dissected. The plants are stemless, low-growing, and have a taproot.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae – Carrot family
Genus: Cymopterus Raf. – springparsley
Species: Cymopterus multinervatus (J.M. Coult. & Rose) Tidestr. – purplenerve springparsley
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