Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Gingidia algens
Common name
None
Family
Apiaceae
Where found
Subalpine and alpine herbfields adjacent to bogs and streams. Snowy Mountains.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.45 m high, hairless. Strong aniseed odour when rubbed. Leaves mosly basal, 10-25 cm long including the leaf stalk, basal sheath to 4.5 cm long. Leaves compound, with 9–13 leaflets each 0.8–4 cm long, 7–12 mm wide, margins toothed, surfaces hairless. A few stem leaves alternating up the stems, smaller. Flowers about 2-2.5 mm in diameter, with 5 white petals, and tiny pink anthers, in open clusters.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Gingidia~algens (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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