Cymopterus purpurascens
Purple cymopterus
Family: Apiaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Purple cymopterus is a California native perennial found in western Inyo and eastern Mojave Desert Mountains on shrubby slopes at elevations of 1,300 to 2,200 meters. Flowering from March to May, this plant produces purple flowers in delicate umbel clusters with white bracts featuring green or white veins. Growing with compact stems 3 to 15 centimeters tall and adorned with persistent fibers, it forms a low, dense cluster. Its leaves are distinctive, with fleshy, glaucous blades 1.2 to 5 centimeters long that are intricately dissected into 1 to 8 millimeter segments. The fruit develops as a widely ovate structure with prominent wings two to three times the width of its central body.
Habitat: shrubby slopes
Bloom period: Mar-May
Elevation: 1300-2200 m
Bioregions: W&I, e DMoj
California counties: San Bernardino, Inyo
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.