Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Lignocarpa carnosula (Hook.f.) J.W.Dawson |
Bibliography | New Zealand J. Bot. 5: 405 (1967) |
Native Range | New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
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 | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Anisotome carnosula (Hook.f.) Cockayne & Allan Gingidium carnosulum (Hook.f.) J.W.Dawson Ligusticum carnosulum Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |