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Plains Spring-parsley - Cymopterus acaulis

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Native Species

Global Rank: G5
State Rank: S4
C-value: 4


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General Description
Stems solitary or few pseudoscapes, 0.5–8 cm, barely reaching above ground. Herbage glabrous. Leaves with long petioles, dilated basally, whorled at the top of the pseudoscape; blades ovate in outline, bipinnate, 1–10 cm long; ultimate divisions linear, uncrowded. Umbels usually several, dense; peduncles 2–12 cm long; rays 2–7 mm long; involucre absent; involucel bracts lanceolate, 2–8 mm long, united basally on one side of the umbellet. Flowers white, flowering early; sepals ca. 0.5 mm long. Mericarps 7–11 mm long, elliptic, glabrous; wings 1–2 mm wide, wavy; oil tubes several in the intervals (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
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Range Comments
SK to MN south to OR, AZ, TX and Mexico (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 65

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Habitat
Sandy or clay soil of grasslands, sagebrush steppe; plains (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

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.
    • Heywood, V.H. 1971. The biology and chemistry of the Umbelliferae. Academic Press, New York.
    • 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.
    • Rundquist, V.M. 1973. Avian ecology on stock ponds in two vegetational types in north-central Montana. Ph.D. Dissertation. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 112 p.
    • Seipel, T.F. 2006. Plant species diversity in the sagebrush steppe of Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 87 p.
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