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Platysace effusa

Platysace effusa
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Shrub, Bulb, Perennial
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Platysace effusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tuberous, perennial herb or shrub with linear leaves and white flowers in a compound umbel.

Where it grows

This species of platysace grows on sandplains, sand dunes and hills in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened".

Other Platysace plants

Platysace cirrosa · Platysace clelandii · Platysace commutata · Tapeworm Plant · Platysace deflexa · Heath Platysace · Platysace filiformis · Shrubby Platysace · Carrot Tops · Platysace maxwellii · Platysace

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platysace effusa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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