Long-stalk spring-parsley - early anthesis

Description:

Usually one of the earliest native plant species to bloom, and the first of the 2013 season for me to observe in full bloom, Cymopterus longipes S. Wats. Very tiny at this stage. It would probably be a bit larger at this point and would have bloomed at least somewhat earlier than now, but temperatures have been cold, and there have only been a few recent days where the highs were above 50 degrees.March 9, 2013, Murray City, Salt Lake County, Utah, elev. 4,317 ft. growing with Gutierrezia sarothrae (and while not evident right now, Phlox longifolia will appear soon and grows here directly with it) in an Atriplex-Greasewood-Desert Saltgrass remnant community.