Podistera eastwoodiae, June 18, 2023
Common & scientific name
Eastwood’s woodroot, Podistera eastwoodiae
Family
Parsley, Apiaceae
Location
Linkins Lake, 12,000’
Fun, weird, helpful, or little known fact
Endemic and common in our subalpine and alpine meadows, it can at first glance be confused with the equally or more common Alpine parsley, Cymopterus alpina, or Mountain parsley, Cymopteruus lemmonii, but a careful inspection of its bright-green, tight, ladder-like leaves distinguish it, along with its size/stature, which is between the above two.