Long-stalk spring-parsley, Sprawling spring-parsley

Descrission:

Cymopterus longipes S. WatsMarch 18, 2011, Old Mill Golf Course, Salt Lake County, Utah at approx. 4,860 ft. in elevation.This is usually the earliest blooming native plant at this elevation (seen also in bloom on March 19, 2011 at 4,310 ft. in Murray, Utah). A member of the Carrot family, plants at this stage are small and low to the ground when the start to flower but the pseudoscape will significantly elongate at time goes on to as much as 20 cm, i.e. the foilage in essence raises up off the ground. A western U.S. species occurring in Utah, Idaho, Colorado and Wyoming.