​New Mexico False Carrot, Sessile-flower Indian Parsley,Aletes sessiliflorus,Parsley Family (Apiaceae)

Blooming this week in the environs of Abiquiú
By Wildflowers of the Southern Rocky Mountains

Found in dry, sandy, gravelly areas
Seen blooming in March on the Pajaro Trail below Abiquiu Dam

The first blooms I saw this year were New Mexico False Carrots. Flowers in the Parsley family bloom early and have tiny flowers with five petals in usually flat heads. This family is also commonly called Parsley or Celery. The New Mexico False Carrot grows to 8 inches high in a dense bright green tuft with dry stalks from the previous year. The flowers bloom on stalks barely 2 inches high which elongate with age. Leaves are divided into narrow segments. It is listed as a New Mexico Rare Plant but it is not difficult to find in Plaza Blanca and Red Wash Canyons. Source. No traditional uses could be found but other members of this family are edible.
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