Bracts fused at the base

Prostrate plant, leaves finely dissected, leaflets measured to 3 mm in length. Plant villous throughout. Its foliage often has a grayish look to it. Flowers yellow in a compound umbel, compound umbel measured to 3 cm diameter. Bracts fused at their base. Foliage has a celery smell when crushed.

Very early flowering.

Could be mistaken for Musineon divaricatum, both are yellow-flowered, low growing plants in the Parsley family, share the same habitat, and bloom at the same time. However, Musineon divaricatum is more or less glabrous, and its petioles are concave in cross-section. While Lomatium foeniculaceum has stems and leaves covered in hairs, and its petioles are cylindrical in cross-section.

Habitat is prairie grassland and eroded slopes. Common.

Height of flowering stems were measured to 10 cm tall.

Photos taken April 29th and May 7th on dry prairie in the Buffalo Grass Eco Reserve, 200 km south east Regina, SK, and May 9th prairie hillside, Big Muddy, about 200 km south of our home in Regina, SK.

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