Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Gingidia harveyana

Flowering stems. Photographer Jackie Miles

Plant. Photographer Don Wood, Namadgi National Park, ACT

Leafy stem. Photographer Jackie Miles

Common name

Slender gingidia, Slender aniseed

Family

Apiaceae

Where found

Woodland, grassy areas, and near streams and bogs. Kosciuszko National Park and ACT. Tablelands and the western edge of the ranges east and south of the ACT.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.50 m high, with a taproot, hairless. Strong aniseed odour when rubbed. Leaves mostly alternating up the stems, compound, 12-35 cm long, with 5–13 leaflets 1.5–9.5 cm long, 1.5–5 mm wide, tips pointed, margins entire, surfaces hairless.The lowermost leaflets dissected again, Most plants with bisexual flowers, a few with male, female, and bisexual flowers on the same plant. Flowers 1-2 mm in diameter, with 5 white to cream petals, in open clusters. Flowers Spring to Summer.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

Vulnerable Vic.

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