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Hackelia patens / spotted stickseed
- small (but not teeny) white, 5-petaled flowers with delicate blue stripes at bases
- stamens arising from a "hole" in the middle of the flowers where petals are fused
- usually around sage, in early spring
- fruits are obnoxious - but small - burs (nutlets) that stick to everything
Ipomopsis aggregata / scarlet gilia
- bright red (usually), elongated, trumpet-like flowers; 5 petals
- late season (July, August) flowers may be white
- highly divided, comb-like leaves
- pollination by hummingbirds (red forms) and moths (white, late forms)
- smells bad but tastes good
Lactuca serriola / prickly lettuce
- numerous dime-sized yellow flowers in an "airy" panicle
- buds droop or hang in a "shepherd's hook" before opening
- seed heads are dandelion-like, but more delicate
- highly divided, prickly leaves
- mostly in "waste" areas
Ligusticum filicinum / fern-leaf licorice root
- found at higher altitudes in moister, forest areas
- compound umbel with white flowers in comparatively widely spaced umbellets
- large, very finely divided leaves; leaflets long and thin - "fern-like"
Linaria vulgaris / yellow toadflax
- fine, threadlike leaves, plants up to 3 feet tall
- flowers similar to snapdragon, pale yellow with orange lower lip, long spur
- flowers in tight terminal clusters
- plants typically in patches
- "noxious" weed in Idaho
Lithophragma parviflorum / smallflower woodland star
- small, white (or mauve) flowers with 5 highly disected petals
- up to 14 flowers per stalk, usually much less
- deeply lobed, glandularly pubescent leaves at stem bases
- spring bloomer in a wide variety of habitats
Lithospermum ruderale / Columbia puccoon
- small, pale yellow flowers in early spring
- flowers in dense clusters, nestled among the leaves
- 1–3 in. long, linear leaves, notably crowded on upper part of stems
- in dry areas, especially with sagebrush
Lomatium triternatum / nineleaf biscuitroot
- flowers soon after snowmelt
- yellow compound umbel on leafless stem
- leaves are three-fold compound; leaflets grass-like
- may be tall with wide umbels on good soil
- may be very short with small umbels on rocky, sandy, low nutrient soil
Lonicera involucrata / twinberry honeysuckle
- flowers - inconspicuous, paired, yellow, bell-shaped with green bracts
- leaves - opposite, oval, often hairy beneath
- fruit - a pair of blue-black/purple berries with red, winglike bracts
- multi-stemmed shrub - to 15 feet tall
Lonicera utahensis / Utah honeysuckle
- flowers - white or cream, in pairs, bell-shaped, nodding
- fruit - bright red berries in pairs, fused at the base
- no noticeable bracts on either flowers or berries
- short-ish shrub, multi-stemmed
- understory, especially in moist forests
Lotus corniculatus / birds-foot trefoil
- roadsides and other disturbed areas
- numerous bright yellow, pea-like flowers
- three, oval and pointed leaflets
- seed pods are arranged like toes on a bird's foot
Madia glomerata / mountain tarweed
- stems, leaves, flowers - strongly aromatic, like tar
- sticky glandular hairs cover foliage and floral bracts
- flowers in clusters with 1 to 3 yellow ray florets
- disk florets retain visible petals; black stamens