General: Perennial herb from a well-developed taproot, sometimes below a slightly branched stem-base; stems solitary or sometimes 2-3, 15-70 cm tall, branching.
Leaves: Basal and stem leaves twice divided into 3's, leaflets coarsely toothed, 1.5-7 cm long, 1-4 cm wide, more or less hairy; thin basal leaves several, stalks long; stem leaves 1-3, stalks short.
Flowers: Inflorescence of loose compound umbels; flowers greenish-white, sometimes pink or purple, inconspicuous; involucels lacking.
Fruits: Club-shaped, 10-15 mm long, narrowing to a rounded or blunt end, the tip not beaklike.
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The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range. (Updated August, 2013)
Moist to mesic open forests and forest margins in the lowland and montane zones; frequent in BC E of the Coast-Cascade Mountains, rare in SW BC; N to AK and YT, E to NF and S to SD, NM and CA, disjunct to S. America.
