Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Oschatzia cuneifolia

Common name

Wedge oschatzia

Family

Apiaceae

Where found

Subalpine and alpine herbfields, along streams, and in bogs. Kosciuszko National Park.

Notes

Perennial herb to about 0.3 m high, hairless. Leaves in a basal rosette, 1.5–12 cm long, 3–18 mm wide, stiff, hairless, with 3–9 irregular pointed teeth or lobes at the tips, stalks3–7 cm long, shortly sheathing the stem. Flowers with 5 white petals, 3–5 mm in diameter, in 2–9-flowered open clusters. Flowers spring-summer.

Rare Vic.

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