Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Haplosciadium abyssinicum Hochst. |
Bibliography | Flora 27: 20 (1844) |
Native Range | Ethiopia to e. Tropical African Mountains |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves bipinnate, frondose, to 10cm long, flowers small in compound umbel, sessile in the midst of leaf rosette |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible |
Synonyms | Trachydium abyssinicum (Hochst.) Hiern Trachydium abyssinicum var. fischeri Engl. Trachydium abyssinicum var. kilimandschari Engl. Trachydium abyssinicum var. lindblomii H.Wolff |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania, UGA Uganda) |