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Slender-leaf Lovage - Ligusticum tenuifolium
Native Species
Global Rank:
G5
State Rank:
S4
C-value:
7
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General Description
Stems subscapose, ascending to erect, 10–70 cm, simple or few-branched. Herbage glabrous. Leaf blades bipinnate, 2–15 cm long; leaflets linear to deeply lobed, 2–7 mm long; ultimate segments mostly more than 3 times as long as wide. Umbels: rays 5 to 13, 5–30 mm long. Mericarps 2–3 mm long; marginal and dorsal wings up to 0.2 mm wide, plane (
Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Species Range
Montana Range
Range Descriptions
Native
Range Comments
OR, ID, UT, MT 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: 114
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Recency
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Habitat
Ecology
POLLINATORS The following animal species have been reported as pollinators of this plant species or its genus where their geographic ranges overlap:
Bombus occidentalis (Pyke et al. 2012).
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.
- Pyke, G.H., D.W. Inouye, and J.D. Thomson. 2012. Local geographic distributions of bumble bees near Crested Butte, Colorado: competition and community structure revisited. Environmental Entomology 41(6): 1332-1349.
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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.
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