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Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Carrot, Parsley, or Umbel Family

Aletes macdougalii.  MACDOUGAL'S INDIAN PARSLEY.  Perennial.  Grand Canyon and Oak Creek Canyon, Coconino County, at ca. 7000 feet [McD].


Angelica pinnata.  SMALL-LEAF ANGELICA.  Perennial.  Reported from Kaibab Plateau, Coconino Plateau, and from Lukachukai Mountains in Apache County [McD].


Apium graveolens.  WILD CELERY.  Perennial.  Havasu Canyon, Coconino County, low elevations [McD].


Berula erecta.  CUTLEAF WATERPARSNIP.  Perennial.  Throughout the region at 3000-7000 feet [McD].



Bowlesia incana.  HOARY BOWLESIA.  Annual.  Reported from Mohave County and from Havasu Canyon in Coconino County; probably also in Yavapai County, at 1000-3500 feet [McD].  Near Theodore Roosevelt Lake, northern Gila County at ca. 2200 feet [LD].


Cicuta douglasii.  WESTERN WATER-HEMLOCK.  Perennial.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 5000-9000 feet [McD].


Conioselinum scopulorum.  ROCKY MOUNTAIN HEMLOCKPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Reported from east fork of White River in either Navajo or Apache County, at ca. 6500 feet [McD].



Conium maculatum.  POISON-HEMLOCK.  Biennial.  Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, at 5000-7500 feet or lower [McD}.  Northern Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County [JANAS-24/25].


Cymopterus acaulis var. fendleri (=Cymopterus fendleri)  FENDLER'S SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4000-8700 feet [McD].


Cymopterus bulbosus.  BULBOUS SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Eastern Coconino and Navajo and Apache counties, at 3500-6000 feet [McD].


Cymopterus megacephalus.  LARGELEAF SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4500-7000 feet [McD].


Cymopterus multinervatus.  PURPLENERVE SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Mohave, Coconino, and Apache counties, at 3000-7000 feet [McD].  Northern Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County: north end of range [JANAS-24/25].


Cymopterus newberryi.  SWEETROOT SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Reported from Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4500-7000 feet [McD].


Cymopterus purpurascens.  WIDEWING SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Found throughout the region at 3500-7000 feet [McD].


Cymopterus purpureus.  PURPLE SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Reported from Mohave, Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, at 4000-7000 feet [McD].


Daucus pusillus.  WILD CARROT.  RATTLESNAKE WEED.  Annual or biennial.  Mohave, Yavapai, and southern Coconino counties, at 4500 feet and lower [McD].


Heracleum maximum (=Heracleum lanatum).  COW PARSNIP.  Biennial or perennial.  Reported "rather indefinitely" from Black Mesa in Navajo or Apache counties, at ca. 7000 feet [McD].


Hydrocotyle verticillata.  WHORLED MARSHPENNYWORT.  Perennial.  Mohave and Yavapai counties below 5000 feet [McD].


Ligusticum porteri.  PORTER'S LICORICE-ROOT.  Perennial.  Yavapai, Coconino, and Apache counties, at 4500-9000 feet [McD].


Lomatium bicolor var. leptocarpum (=Lomatium leptocarpum).  WASATCH DESERTPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Reported from North Rim of Grand Canyon, Coconino County [McD].


Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum.  CARROTLEAF BISCUITROOT.  Perennial.  Coconino and southern Navajo counties, 4000-6000 feet [McD].



Lomatium foeniculaceum var. macdougalii (=Lomatium macdougalii).  MACDOUGAL'S BISCUITROOT.  Perennial.  Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, 4000-8000 feet [McD].


Lomatium nevadense.  NEVADA BISCUITROOT.  Perennial.  Mohave, Yavapai, Coconino, and Navajo counties, at 3000-7000 feet [McD].


Lomatium nevadense var. parishii.  PARISH'S BISCUITROOT.  Perennial.  Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County [JANAS-24/25].


Lomatium parryi.  UTAH DESERTPARSLEY.  Perennial.  Reported from south end of Navajo Mountain, northern Coconino County, at 7500-8500 feet [McD].


Oreoxis alpina.  ALPINE OREOXIS.  Perennial.  Reported from Keet Seel in northern Navajo County at about 7500 feet [McD].


Osmorhiza berteroi (=Osmorhiza chilensis).  SWEET CICELY.  Perennial.  Reported from Oak Creek Canyon, Coconino County, at about 6000-7000 feet [McD].


Osmorhiza depauperata.  BLUNTSEED SWEETROOT.  Perennial.  Coconino and Apache counties, 7000-10,000 feet [McD].


Oxypolis fendleri.  FENDLER'S COWBANE.  Perennial.  Reported only from Phelps Botanical Area in the White Mountains, of Apache County [McD].


Pastinaca sativa.  WILD PARSNIP.  Biennial or perennial.  Coconino and Navajo counties, 5000-7200 feet [McD].


Perideridia gairdneri.  GAIRDNER'S YAMPAH.  Perennial.  Coconino, Navajo, and Apache counties, 7000 feet or higher [McD].


Perideridia parishii.  PARISH'S YAMPAH.  Perennial.  Coconino and Apache counties, 6500-8000 feet [McD].



Pseudocymopterus montanus.  ALPINE FALSE SPRINGPARSLEY.  Perennial. Throughout region at 5500-12,000 feet [McD].  Northern Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County: Hualapai Peak [JANAS-24/25].


Pteryxia petraea.  ROCKLOVING WAVEWING.  Perennial.  Reported from both rims of Grand Canyon, Coconino County [McD].


Sium suave.  HEMLOCK WATERPARSNIP.  Perennial.  Reported from a marsh near Tuba City, Coconino County, at ca. 5000 feet [McD].


Yabea microcarpa (=Caucalis microcarpa).  FALSE CARROT.  Annual.  Mohave, Yavapai, and Coconino counties, 4500 feet and lower [McD].



This page revised 27 April 2007.


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