Family: Apiaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: Tiny, white to cream star-like flowers in erect terminal compound umbels up to 2cm diameter.
Flowering: March-May
Fruit: A tiny dry fruit about 2mm long.
Leaves: Narrow linear, almost cylindrical, 1-2.5cm long and 1mm wide. The leaves are soft, erect, crowded and when crushed have a carrot-like smell.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Erect umbels of small white flowers. Linear leaves with carrot smell when crushed.
Name:
Platysace From Greek = flat-shield (referring to its fruit).
linearifolia From Latin linearis = line and folius = leak (referring to its linear leaves).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White, Cream |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
3, 4, 5 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Yellow, White |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Aromatic |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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