Cymopterus panamintensis

Panamint cymopterus

Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Panamint cymopterus is a California native perennial found in desert regions on rocky or gravelly sites at elevations of 1,000 to 4,000 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces pale yellow flowers in umbels with 5 to 15 delicate rays. Growing 20 to 40 centimeters tall with a woody base and no visible stem, it develops finely dissected leaves with linear, acute segments that spread in a lacy, ternate to pinnate pattern. Its leaves have intricate, delicate blades 10 to 14 centimeters long, divided into narrow, distinct linear segments that give the plant an elegant, feathery appearance. The fruit is an oblong-ovate structure 6 to 10 millimeters long with wing-like margins wider than its central body.

California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo, Kern

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.