Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Lignocarpa carnosula (Hook.f.) J.W.Dawson |
Synonyms | Ligusticum carnosulum Hook.f |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | blue-grey, carnose, taproot thick, leaves petiolate, 5-8cm, 2-3-ternately pinnate, ultimate segments very narrowly linear, subcylindrical, obtuse, umbels 5-10cm in diam. |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Australasia
New Zealand (New Zealand South) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | APIACEAE
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