Cymopterus multinervatus – Purplenerve Springparsley

Cymopterus multinervatus - Purplenerve Springparsley, Arizona Springparsley, Wild Parsnip (flowers)

Cymopterus multinervatus - Purplenerve Springparsley, Arizona Springparsley, Wild Parsnip

Cymopterus multinervatus - Purplenerve Springparsley, Arizona Springparsley, Wild Parsnip (young fruit)

Cymopterus multinervatus - Purplenerve Springparsley, Arizona Springparsley, Wild Parsnip (fruit)

Cymopterus multinervatus - Purplenerve Springparsley, Arizona Springparsley, Wild Parsnip (fruit and leaves)

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

More About This Plant

Arizona County Distribution Map