Vesper purpurascens

Vesper purpurascens, synonym Cymopterus purpurascens, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae,[2] known by the common name widewing springparsley. It is native to much of the western United States, including the desert regions. It is a perennial herb, often stemless, producing leaves and inflorescence from ground level or from a fibrous basal stalk. The waxy, fleshy leaves have blades divided into multilobed leaflets and are borne on short petioles. The inflorescence is a rounded cluster of flowers held on a peduncle which may be erect and several centimeters tall or nearly nonexistent. The purple flowers are sheathed in dark-veined white bracts.

Vesper purpurascens

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Vesper
Species:
V. purpurascens
Binomial name
Vesper purpurascens
(A.Gray) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cymopterus montanus var. purpurascens A.Gray
  • Cymopterus purpurascens (A.Gray) M.E.Jones
  • Phellopterus purpurascens (A.Gray) J.M.Coult. & Rose

References
  1. "Vesper purpurascens (A.Gray) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom". The International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  2. "Vesper purpurascens (A.Gray) R.L.Hartm. & G.L.Nesom". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-12-26.


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