Cymopterus terebinthinus
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Cymopterus terebinthinus is a perennial plant in the carrot family Apiaceae with leaves that look like parsley and grows in the Great Basin of the American West.[1]: 108 Common names include Aromatic spring-parsley, northern Indian parsnip, and turpentine cymopterus.
Description
Growth pattern
It is a low growing perennial plant from 1⁄2 to 2 feet (0.15 to 0.61 m) tall, spreading out from a woody base.[1]: 108
Leaves and stems
Leaves are 1⁄2 to 8 inches (1.3 to 20.3 cm) long.[1]: 108 Leaves are ovate overall, but finely pinnately dissected into segments like parsley leaves.[1]: 108 Leaves are strongly aromatic when crushed.[1]: 108 "Terebinthus" means "like-turpentine", referring to the scented oils in the plant.[1]: 108
Inflorescence and fruit
The inflorescence is a peduncle with 3-24 rays, each 1⁄2 to 3 inches (1.3 to 7.6 cm) long, bearing miniascule 5-petaled yellow flowers.[1]: 108
"Cymopterus" means "wavy ring", referring to the fruit.[1]: 108
Habitat and range
It grows on dry, sandy or rocky slopes, typically around rocks, from 5,000 to 9,000 feet (1,500 to 2,700 m) in sagebrush steppe and montane plant communities of the Great Basin.[1]: 108 It can be found in the Toiyabe Range and Deep Creek Mountains.[1]: 108
Ecology
It is a host for Papilio indra.[2]
Some Plateau Indian tribes chewed the roots to treat colds and sores. [3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Great Basin Wildflowers, Laird R. Blackwell, 2006, Morris Book Publishing LLC., ISBN 0-7627-3805-7
- ^ TIPS ON COLLECTING AND REARING IMMATURES OF 375 BUTTERFLY AND SKIPPER TAXA, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Society, 2-1-2010, [1]
- ^ Hunn, Eugene S. (1990). Nch'i-Wana, "The Big River": Mid-Columbia Indians and Their Land. University of Washington Press. p. 353. ISBN 0-295-97119-3.