Trachymene coerulea
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| image = Trachymene coerulea at Lake Walyungup, Rockingham Lakes Regional Park, June 2022 06.jpg
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| taxon = Trachymene coerulea
| authority = Graham
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Trachymene coerulea (common name - blue-lace flower) is a herb in the family Araliaceae.{{FloraBase|id=6266|Trachymene coerulea}} It is native to Western Australia.{{Cite web |title=Trachymene coerulea Graham |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/6026479 |access-date=2022-06-06 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}
Trachymene coerulea was first described by Robert Graham in 1828, from a plant grown from seed sent to Edinburgh by Charles Fraser, the New South Wales colonial botanist.{{APNI2|name=Trachymene coerulea|id=60771}}{{cite journal|authorlink=Robert Graham (botanist)|author=Graham, R. |date=1828|journal= Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal |volume=5|pages=371–382 [380]|title= XXIV. Description of several New or Rare Plants which have flowered in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, and chiefly in the Royal Botanic Garden, during the last three months|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2479717}}
The plant is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.{{Cite web |last=Western Australian Herbarium |first=Biodiversity and Conservation Science |title=Florabase—the Western Australian Flora: Trachymene coerulea |url=https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6266 |access-date=2022-07-29 |website=florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au |language=en}}
Aboriginal uses
Mashed bulbs and leaves were used as a body rub to relieve aches and pains.{{Cite Q|Q113330855|pages=31}} Vapours from the crushed leaves were inhaled for headaches.
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External links
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- [http://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Trachymene+coerulea#tab_mapView Trachymene coerulea occurrence data] from The Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Category:Plants described in 1828