Platysace effusa
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| Platysace effusa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Platysace |
| Species: | P. effusa |
| Binomial name | |
| Platysace effusa | |
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Platysace effusa is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tuberous, perennial herb or shrub with linear leaves and white flowers in a compound umbel.
Platysace effusa is a tuberous, perennial herb or shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–75 cm (3.9–29.5 in)[2] and has wand-like branches. Its leaves are linear to wedge-shaped, usually 4–8.7 mm (0.16–0.34 in) long and often crowded. White flowers are borne in compound umbels with 4 to 8 rays on thin peduncles longer than the leaves, each ray with a partial umbel.[3] Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is flat and about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and notched at the base.[2][3]