wild parsnip

Trachymene glaucifolia is an upright, annual herb to 60 cm (24 in) high, stems with few branches and smooth. The leaves usually near the base, dissected or with 3-5 lobes, egg-shaped in outline, 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long, 3–5 cm (1.2–2.0 in) wide, smooth or with occasional hairs and the petiole about 3.5–10.5 cm (1.4–4.1 in) long. The 80-120 flowers are in an umbel, 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) in diameter, petals 1.6–1.9 mm (0.063–0.075 in) long, bluish becoming white and the peduncle 2–12 cm (0.79–4.72 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is a semicircular mericarp, brown, 4.5–5.5 mm (0.18–0.22 in) long and 3.9–5.5 mm (0.15–0.22 in) wide.

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.

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