Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Dichosciadium ranunculaceum var. ranunculaceum

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Kosciuszko National Park

Plants. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Colin Totterdell, Kosciuszko National Park

Common name

None

Family

Apiaceae

Where found

Herbfields, bogs, and damp places, at 1800-2200 m altitude. Kosciuszko National Park.

Notes

Perennial herb with a basal rosette about 10–20 cm diameter, bristly with stiff spreading hairs. Leaves 1.1–3 cm long, 12–35 mm wide, 3-5 lobed, often slightly rough. Flower stalks sprawling, 3.5-4.5 cm long. Flowers white, with 5 petals and 5 petal-like sepals, 5-10 mm in diameter. Flowers in clusters, usually 3–7-flowered. Flowers summer.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=in&name=Dichosciadium~ranunculaceum~var.+ranunculaceum (accessed 9 January, 2021)