Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Oreomyrrhis eriopoda

Flowers and immature 'seeds'. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Kosciuszko National Park

Seeding plant. Photographer Don Wood, Wadbilliga National Park

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Namadgi National Park, ACT

Line drawings. e. plant; 'seed'; 'seed' cluster. K Maling, University of Sydney, © 2021 Royal Botanic Gardens Board, Melbourne, Vic

Common name

Australian Carraway

Family

Apiaceae

Where found

Forest, woodland, heath, grassland, alpine herbfields, and swampy areas. Ranges, tablelands, ACT and Kosciuszko National Park. Western Slopes east of the Hume Highway. A few coastal sightings.

Notes

Perennial herb to 0.50 m high. Flower stalks hairy. Leaves basal (stems leaves usually absent), compound, 1.5–18 cm long, 5–80 mm wide, with 15–25 leaflets each 0.3–4 cm long, almost hairless to hairy, basal sheaths fringed and often hairy, tips abruptly pointed. Flowers white or tinged pink, the midvein darker, 1-2 mm in diameter, with 5 petals hairy on the outside. Flowers in 15–35-flowered tight clusters. 'Seeds' reddish, purplish, or brown. Flowering: spring-summer.

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

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Oreomyrrhis~eriopoda   (accessed 29 January, 2021)