Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Platysace linearifolia

Flowers. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Joe McAuliffe, Penrose State Forest, west of Bundanoon

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, Vincentia

Umbel and leafy stem. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, near Robertson

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, near Robertson

Common name

Narrow-leaved platysace

Family

Apiaceae

Where found

Dry forest and heath. Coast, ranges, and tablelands, north of Moruya.

Notes

Shrub usually to 1.5 m high. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 1–2.5 cm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, tips pointed, mucronate; surfaces hairless. Flowers with 5 white petals, in many-flowered clusters. Flowering: January–May.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Platysace~linearifolia  (accessed 22 January, 2021)