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  • Heracleum maximum / cow parsnip

    • very tall - stands above most other herbs and forbs
    • huge leaves with clasping sheaths at the stem junction
    • leaves lobed and like a very large maple
    • huge flat umbels with white flowers
    • grooved, woolly, stout stem

  • 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"

  • Lomatium dissectum / fernleaf biscuitroot

    • blooms soon after snowmelt
    • yellow or purple-ish flowers in compound umbels
    • highly divided, fern-like leaves
    • rocks, rocky soils, sagebrush communities

  • 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

  • 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

  • Mahonia repens / creeping Oregon grape

    • pinnately compound with toothed, holly-like leaflets
    • clusters of yellow flowers in spring; blue berries in late summer
    • low, creeping shrub
    • evergreen - but winter leaves are reddish

  • Orogenia linearifolia / Indian potato

    • spring ephemeral, found only at snowmelt
    • very small plant, teeny flowers and teeny umbels
    • white flowers with purple dots (stamens)
    • grass-like leaves

  • Osmorhiza spp / sweet cicely

    • broad compound, bluntly toothed, fern-like leaves 3 times compoundly divided
    • compound umbels of tiny white flowers; May-June
    • short, understory herb

  • Packera streptanthifolia / Rocky Mountain groundsel

    • yellow-flowered composite; "flowers" on branched inflorescence
    • 8-13 half-inch ray florets, usually spaced apart
    • thick, spatula-shaped basal leaves without teeth or clefts
    • thin, often deeply lobed stem leaves
    • dry woodlands and rocky places

  • Perideridia montana / Gairdner’s yampah

    • white, compound umbel (like all the rest of the family)
    • apparently leafless much of the time, especially when blooming

  • Primula parryi / Parry’s primrose

    • striking, bright magenta (or pink) flowers with yellow centers, 5 petals
    • 3 to 30 flowers per stalk
    • brilliant green foliage as a rosette
    • foliage releases horrible smell with the slightest touch
    • typically at higher altitudes in wet places

  • Spiraea betulifolia / white spiraea

    • short (1-3 feet), dominant shrub in forest understory
    • rounded leaves with toothed outer margins
    • teeny flowers in flat-topped clusters up to 5" across
    • flowers are white with 5 petals and many stamens

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