Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Aciphylla glacialis
Common name
Snow Aciphyll, Mountain Celery
Family
Apiaceae
Where found
Alpine and subalpine herbfields and grassland. Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.7 m high or sprawling. Hairless. Leaves with sharp tips. Basal leaf sheaths fleshy. Leaves crowded at the base of the plant in dense fan-shaped clusters, compound, 10–30 cm long (including the 6–16 cm long sheathing bases), 40–90 mm wide. Leaflets 2–4 cm long, linear, with long drawn out tips. Male and female flowers on different plants. Flowers white or cream to greenish, 2.5–3 mm in diameter, with 5 petals, in many-flowered clusters. Flowers summer.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Aciphylla~glacialis (accessed 2 January, 2021)
This identification key and fact sheets are available as a free mobile application:
