Haven’t seen this in the central Wasatch before! Seems pretty early for it too but idk. Last pic is some behind the scenes of actually getting to the plant lol
Along Burro Wash
We were on this rock wall looking for the Mountain Coyote Mint when we stumbled upon this completely unexpected carrot growing out of the rocky substrate. I did not to see many things blooming up here considering how cold the winter was but these were in full force. It did start hailing for about 5 minutes here which was frustrating for me trying to get these into my press, but did provide a pretty cool photo opportunity.
An update and some fruit photos of the awesome and strange carrot I found up here the other day -- I will attempt to re-key this out later today.
need to check this, suprising to see its an iNat first but thats how it keyed in the field
edit: foliage and general structure matches collections in the area.