TRACHYMENE INCISA
Author:
Edward Rudge, 1811
Family:
APIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Trans. Linn. Soc. London 10: 300 (1811)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
4 Centimetres
Height:
50 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Might be: Didiscus incisus, Domin, 1908. or Didiscus albiflorus A. P. de Candolle, 1830.
Trachymene incisa subsp. corrugata, L.A.S.Johnson.
This member of the Apiaceae family was described by Edward Rudge in 1811. It is found in Queensland and New South Wales in Australia and on New Guinea. It grows in all from sand to clay with some water and sun. It only gets half a meter high, the flowers are white.
The genera name means 'rough-membrane', as to fruits.
The species name means 'deeply cut', as the leaves are. The flower by Paul Dudley, Pbase.com.
Flower
White
Soil
Sand - Clay
Water
Medium
Sun
Medium