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Oreomyrrhis ciliata Hook.f.
Family Apiaceae
Common name: Bog Carraway

Oreomyrrhis ciliata Hook.f. APNI*

Description: Tufted perennial herb, 15–45 cm, with slender taproot, mostly glabrous.

Leaves in basal rosette, pinnate, oblong in outline, 1–9 cm long, 5–30 mm wide; leaflets 9–19 ± lanceolate, 3–15 mm long, 2–10 mm wide, acute, mucronate, margins ciliate, otherwise glabrous; leaf sheath glabrous; petiole 5–15 cm long, base scarious, sheathing.

Umbels 5–25-flowered; peduncle 3–30 cm long, densely hirsute, longer than leaves in fruit; bracts 6–8, ovate, 4.5–5 mm long. Petals c. 1 mm long, white with yellow midvein, glabrous or pubescent on outside.

Fruit usually 5–18 per umbel, ± ovoid, 2–5 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, glabrous; mericarps with prominent rounded ribs.


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Flowering: summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in and around bogs, often above the treeline in alpine and subalpine areas, south from Barrington Tops N.P.
NSW subdivisions: NT, ST
Other Australian states: Vic. Tas.
AVH map***

Text by J. M. Powell & A. K. Brooks
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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