Cymopterus Glomeratus, Plains Cymopterus

Cymopterus glomeratus has a deep taproot, from which arise twice divided, flattened leaves, generally held at ground level, and short, thick flower stalks bearing dense clusters of small flowers.

Leaf segments are relatively broad, and flat, lined with rounded teeth, or lobes. Leaf surfaces are shiny. There are between two and ten leaves, all arising from the same point, on the partially buried stem. Petioles are flattened. All plant parts are hairless. The inflorescence typically contains five or six rays, each topped with around a dozen flowers, greenish in bud, maturing to yellow or creamy white, sometimes pinkish. The bractlets, six or more, at the base of the individual flower clusters, are broadly triangular, similar in length to the flowers, while the bract(s) at the base of the inflorescence are much smaller, sometimes absent.