The mama bear of alpine parsleys

Podistera eastwoodiaem, June 16, 2021

Podistera eastwoodiaem, June 16, 2021

Common & scientific name
Eastwood’s woodroot, Podistera eastwoodiae

Family
Parsley, Apiaceae

Location
Summit, 12,100’

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, Oreoxis alpina, or Mountain parsley, Pseudocympoterus montanus, 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.