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Wild Parsnip

Trachymene glaucifolia

Wild Parsnip
Photo: Mark Marathon, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Araliaceae (Ivy family)
Grows as
Annual
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Trachymene glaucifolia commonly known as native carrot, is a flowering plant in the family Araliaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an annual forb with white or bluish flowers on an upright stem.

Where it grows

Native carrot grows on a variety of soil types, including gravelly plains, sand dunes, sand plains, shrubland in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, New South Wales and the Northern Territory.

Other Trachymene plants

Blue Laceflower · Trachymene grandis · Australian Parsnip · Trachymene ochracea · Lace Flower · Sponge Fruit · Trachymene scapigera · Trachymene

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trachymene glaucifolia 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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