Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Chaerophyllum argenteum (Hook.f.) K.F.Chung |
Bibliography | Syst. Bot. 32: 677 (2007) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves in outline oblong, pinnate, segments ovate, acute, long appresed silvery hirsute, petiolate, vaginate, umbels 15-25-flowered, petals about 1mm, abaxially hirsute |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in spring |
Synonyms | Caldasia argentea Hook.f. Oreomyrrhis argentea (Hook.f.) Hook.f. |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) |