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Heath Platysace

Platysace ericoides

Heath Platysace
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Australia to SE. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Platysace ericoides, commonly known as heath platysace, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a semi-prostrate to weakly erect, open shrub or subshrub with linear or elliptic to oblong leaves with white or cream-coloured flowers in compound umbels with 3 to 10 rays.

Where it grows

Platysace ericoides grows in heath and woodland on sandy soil from Mittagong in New South Wales to south-east Queensland and between Moe and Orbost in Victoria.

Other Platysace plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platysace ericoides 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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