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Lomatium grayi
Bright yellow flowers in tight clusters. About 30 cm tall (species can grow to 60 cm tall). This species also has a distinctive pungent odor. Plants leaf out in early spring, flower quickly, set seed, and then enter summer dormancy.
Spotted in a open prairie at the Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve.
Gray’s biscuitroot is a host plant for the rare Indra swallowtail butterfly (Papilio indra) and is one of two plants used as a host by the Anise Swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon) (Thompson 1989).
Spotted on Apr 29, 2018
Submitted on May 2, 2018
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