Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Schizeilema fragoseum
Common name
Alpine pennywort
Family
Apiaceae
Where found
Herbfields, rock crevices, moist areas, and near streams, at high altitudes. Kosciuszko National Park.
Notes
Perennial herb forming dark green mats about 0.12 m high and 50 cm diameter. Hairless. Leaves basal, 0.3–1.3 cm long, 9–27 mm wide, kidney-shaped to round with cordate bases, lower surface paler than upper surface, stalk 3–12 cm long, slender; stipules membranous, partly fused to the stalk, pointed or appearing torn towards the tips. Flowers hidden among the leaves, with 5 white to pale greenish yellow petals, each about 1 mm long, in 3-8 flowered clusters. Flowering: November–March.
Vulnerable Vic.
PlantNET description with line drawings: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Schizeilema~fragoseum (accessed 6 February, 2021)
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