Globe Springparsley

Cymopterus globosus S. Wats. Proc. Am. Acad. 11: 141. 1876
Cymopterus monlanus var. globosus S. Wats. Bot. King's Expl. 124, in part. 1871.
Plants subcaulescent with the development of a pseudoscape, 3-20 cm. high, glabrous; leaves oblong-ovate in general outline, excluding the petioles 1-7 cm. long, 0.5-6 cm. broad, ternate-bipinnate or bipinnate, glaucous and somewhat coriaceous, the leaflets pinnately incised or lobed, the lobes minutely apiculate, confluent, 0.5-6 mm. long, 0.5-4 mm. broad; petioles 1-10 cm. long; peduncles equaling or exceeding the leaves; involucre wanting; involucel of scarious, linear, paleaceous, entire bractlets shorter than the flowers; umbels compact, discoid, the rays and pedicels obsolete; flowers white or purple; fruit narrowly cuneate or abruptly constricted below the middle, 6-1 1 mm. long, 3-7 mm. broad, the wings occasionally somewhat constricted at the base, usually acute at the apex, narrower than the body, the dorsal wings usually 3, similar to the lateral; oil-tubes large, usually solitary in the intervals, 2-4 on the commissure, sometimes solitary in each wing.
Type locality: Carson City, northern Nevada, 5000 feet, Watson 449.
Distribution: Western Utah and Nevada to eastern California (Jones 3SS5. Mathias 1248).

Cymopterus globosus is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by the common name globe springparsley. This plant is native to the sandy flats extending between eastern California and Utah in the western United States. It is a low, stemless plant with leaves parallel to or lying flat on the ground. The green-gray parsley-shaped leaves are divided into several leaflets, which are further divided into neatly pointed segments. One or more tall purple or red-brown peduncles hold an inflorescence which is a spherical umbel densely packed with white or pinkish-purple flowers. They may be held in pairs atop the peduncle, and are often heavy enough to bend the peduncle to the ground.