Herbarium catalogue
Family: Umbelliferae
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Aciphylla procumbens (F.Muell.) Benth.
Collector/Expedition: Edinburgh New Zealand & Australia Expedition (1998),
Collection number: 828
Collection date: 16th March 1998
Country/Territory: Australia:Tasmania
Collecting locality: Australia:Tasmania:Track Leading from Esperance Tarn to Hartz Peak
Latitude: 43°14'17''S, Longitude: 146°45'41''E
Habitat: Exposed heath and boulder fields
Description: Tufted perennial herb; prostrate in humus pockets among boulders; mat forming and spreading to 50cm; tufts connected by underground stems (usually covered with old leaf remains, roots emerging below branch junction - not true rhizomes); sap milky, sticky. Leaves lime green, soft, not spine tipped, twice divided. Female infructescence to 10cm, seeds green ripening purple. Males and females generally in separate locations - all plants in clump originating from one plant?
Miscellaneous notes: _A. procumbens_ also known from Snowy Mtn Range and Mt Picton. Altitudinal distribution on Hartz Peak limited to top 50m; very restricted
Kind of specimen: HERBARIUM SHEET
Barcode: E00092437
Herbarium region: 7 (Australia)
Number of sheets: 1
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