RHH's photos with the keyword: dissectum

This is one of the first wildflowers to start growing in the spring, though it blooms later, and is an important forage plant for deer and elk. It grows to a meter high and produces these large umbels of bright yellow flowers. Some of the fern-like foliage from which it gets its name is visible in the second inset.

This wildflower, photographed near our home, grows to a meter tall and has soft fern-like foliage.

The foliage from which this wildflower gets its name is visible in the photo. It is an important forage plant both for domestic and wild animals.

Lomatium dissectum, the Fern-leaf Lomatium, also known as Chocolate tips is unusual in its family. Most of the plants in the family have yellow or white flowers. This is also quite a large plant and an early spring bloomer. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/04/reecer-cree...