Gingidia algens (F.Muell.) Dawson APNI* Synonyms: Seseli algens F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Plant erect or ascending, 15–45 cm high, glabrous.
Leaves pinnate, to 25 cm long; leaflets 9–13, ovate to obovate, 0.8–2 cm long, 7–12 mm wide, 3-lobed, margins acutely toothed, glabrous; petiole 5–10 cm long, basal sheath to 4.5 cm long.
Umbels with 2–4 or rarely 6 unequal rays, to 5 cm long; peduncle to 10 cm long; bracts 3.5–15 mm long, subulate; bracteoles 2–4 mm long, subulate; pedicels ± equal in fruit, 2–5 mm long. Petals 0.8–1 mm long, white.
Fruit ovate, 5–6 mm long, with ± equal ribs.
Flowering: December–January
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in subalpine herbfield and swampy margins of creeks of the Kosciusko area.
NSW subdivisions: ST
Text by J. M. Powell, except for genera with authors listed
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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