Neoparrya

Neoparrya is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae. Its only species is Neoparrya lithophila, also known by the common names Bill's neoparrya and rock-loving aletes. It is native to Colorado and New Mexico. This perennial plant produces a clump of herbage up to 29 or 30 centimetres (11 or 12 inches) tall. Its leaves are green, rigid, and glossy, measuring are up to 11.5 cm (4.5 in) long and divided into segments up to 3.2 cm (1.3 in) in length. The inflorescence is an umbel with up to 10 reflexed rays bearing yellow flowers. The fruit has scattered oil tubes, a characteristic that helps distinguish this plant from related species. When crushed, the fruits smell like "fresh peaches". Endemic to the southern Rocky Mountains in the United States, this plant is known from seven counties in Colorado; it may also occur in northern New Mexico. Its population has been estimated at 48,680 to 58,490 individual plants. This plant grows mainly on volcanic soils. It can......read more on Wikipedia.