Trachymene glaucifolia
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|name = Wild carrot
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|genus = Trachymene
|species = glaucifolia
|authority = (F.Muell)Benth.{{cite web |title=Trachymene glaucifolia |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/74939 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=15 March 2025}}
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Trachymene glaucifolia commonly known as native carrot,{{cite web |title=Trachymene glaucifolia |url=https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6273 |website=Florabase-the Western Australian Flora |publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions |access-date=15 March 2025}} 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.
Description
Trachymene glaucifolia is an upright, annual herb to {{cvt|60|cm}} high, stems with few branches and smooth. The leaves usually near the base, dissected or with 3-5 lobes, egg-shaped in outline, {{cvt|2-5|cm}} long, {{cvt|3-5|cm}} wide, smooth or with occasional hairs and the petiole about {{cvt|3.5-10.5|cm}} long. The 80-120 flowers are in an umbel, {{cvt|10-25|mm}} in diameter, petals {{cvt|1.6-1.9|mm}} long, bluish becoming white and the peduncle {{cvt|2-12|cm}} long. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is a semicircular mericarp, brown, {{cvt|4.5-5.5|mm}} long and {{cvt|3.9-5.5|mm}} wide.{{cite book |last1=Kutsche |first1=Frank |last2=Lay |first2=Brendan |last3=Croft |first3=Tim |last4=Kellermann |first4=Jurgen |title=Plants of Outback South Australia |date=2013 |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |location=Adelaide |isbn=9781922027603 |page=226}}{{cite web |last1=Hart |first1=J.M |title=Trachymene glaucifolia |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Trachymene~glaucifolia |website=PlantNET-NSW Flora online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |access-date=16 March 2025}}
Taxonomy and naming
Trachymene glaucifolia was first formally described in 1867 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis.{{cite web |title=Trachymene glaucifolia |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/487744 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=20 March 2025}} The specific epithet (glaucifolia) is derived from the Latin words glaucus meaning "bluish-green" and folium meaning "leaf".Backer, C.A. (1936). Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië in het wild groeiende en in tuinen en parken gekweekte varens en hoogere planten (Edition Nicoline van der Sijs).
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Flora of Western Australia
Category:Flora of South Australia
Category:Flora of the Northern Territory
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