Parsnip Laceflower

Trachymene composita

Erect robust annual or biennial herb, to 250 cm high, with stout taproot; stems villous with glandular hairs to almost glabrous. Leaves mostly towards the base of the plant, lamina broad ovate, 3–8 cm long, 4–10 cm wide, sparsely hairy to pilose, paler on the undersurface, deeply 3–5 lobed; segments obovate to cuneate, 4–32 mm wide; margins toothed; petiole to 20 cm long with broadly sheathing ciliate base.
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Appearance

Umbels borne in dichasial cymes or in a compound umbel of dichasial cymes; subtended by tri-fid to simple, entire bracts, each umbel 20–45 mm diam., c. 100–200 flowered; peduncle 2.5–11 cm long, glabrous or sparsely hairy towards base; bracts 20–35, 4–7 mm long. Flowers bisexual. Petals 1.5–2.5 mm long, white. Ovary unilocular or 2-locular.

Fruit broad ovate to semicircular, 2.5–4 mm long, brown; one or both mericarps maturing. Mericarps 2.1–3.0 mm wide. Carpophores entire, 1–2 mm long.

lowering: Flowers October–April
Flower head of Trachymene composita Diagnostic features as in key. Flowers Oct.–Apr. EGL, GipP, Glep, HNF, HSF, MonT, SnM, VAlp, VVP. Also NSW, Tas. Disjunctly distributed, but locally common, mostly on sandy soils in lowland heathland or heathy woodland communities (e.g. Frankston–Cranbourne area, Rosedale), but also in montane to subalpine, often rocky areas (Nunniong Plateau, Mt Tingaringy, Native Dog Gorge). Frequently appearing only after fire or on newly exposed soil. Created by: Daniel Ohlsen, 2016-05-25 Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2017-11-14 Hero image Distribution map Australia,Domin,Eamw flora,Geotagged,Langwarrin Vic,Nov 2018,Spring,Trachymene composita

Distribution

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in disturbed or swampy areas; south from Tweed R. area.
Australian NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, CWS, NWS

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http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Trachymene~composita
Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderApiales
FamilyAraliaceae
GenusTrachymene
SpeciesTrachymene composita
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