Turkey-pea Lomatium linearifolium Carrot family (Apiaceae)
Indian Potato blooms in open , often at mid- elevations just after snow melt. Within weeks of blooming the plant withers and is not detectable. Even when it is in full bloom it is not easy to find because it is so small. What does make it detectable is its habit of growing in extensive colonies and its habit of growing with more eye-catching early spring plants, such as various bright yellow buttercups."Oros" is Greek for "mountain" and "genia" refers to the plant's resemblance to the Erigenia.
Low growing , 2-5" tall, growing from a thickened tuberous root. Tiny, white flowers are borne in a few hemispherical clusters, arranged at the ends of stalks in an open unsymmetrical at the top of the stem. Flowers have 5 separate petals with dark purple . absent. Leaves are , twice divided into strap-shaped with smooth margins. are with corky that are bent downward. Thick roots are either (thick and tapering to each end) or spherical.
