| Family | APIACEAE |
| Genus species | Aciphylla congesta Cheeseman |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 47: 44 (1915) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1800-2100m |
| Description | leaves rather soft, veined, shortly petiolate, pinnate, segments 2-3-pairs, to 6cm long, abruptly tapered to prickly apex, umbels producing globular head to 12 cm wide |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | creamy |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |