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Shrubby Platysace

Platysace lanceolata

Shrubby Platysace
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0
Family
Apiaceae (Carrot family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Australia to Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Platysace lanceolata, commonly known as shrubby platysace, is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is small, upright shrub with variable shaped leaves and white flowers.

Where it grows

This platysace is a common, widespread species found growing in heath, scrub, open forests, and sometimes sandy situations in New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland.

Other Platysace plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platysace lanceolata 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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