Herbarium catalogue

HERB. HORT. EDINB. MQG0493 RBGE New Zealand Australia Expedition Umbelliferae xe, co) Pad i ® n o Cd <= sb = 2) 2 oa [S) Aciphylla procumbens (F.Muell.) Benth. Australia: Tasmania: Track Leading from Esperance Tarn to Hartz Peak. Exposed heath and boulder fields. 1100 m. A. procumbens also known from Snowy Mtn Range and Mt Picton. Altitudinal distribution on Hartz Peak limited to top 50m; very restricted. 43°14'17"S, 146°45'41"E 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 milk sticky. Leaves lime green, soft, not : Ys tipped, twice divided. Male flowers oo. inflorescence to 6-9cm. Males anq ee a eae in peeve locationg - ail Sean in clump apparent igi ; : s plant. a Y originating from one e $ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN EDINBURGH INN Sc ee 00092438 , ENZAT No. 827 16 Mar 1998 M.F Watson