Ligusticum tenuifolium, August 13, 2020
Common & scientific name
Slender-leaf lovage, Ligusticum tenuifolium
Family
Parsley, Apiaceae
Location
Difficult Creek, 10,000’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
This plant is smaller and found in wetter places than its more common cousin, Ligusticum porteri, Porter’s lovage, also known as Osha. For no real reason other than bad luck, I haven’t this summer seen the latter in bloom on the Pass, so was happy to welcome its more diminutive cousin into the fold! Osha is famous for its medicinal properties, as taught to Native Americans by grizzlies.